HyperDic: black-eyed_pea

English > 3 senses of the expression *black-eyed pea*:
NOUN	plant	black-eyed pea, cowpea	fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
	plant	black-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea plant, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis	sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
	food	black-eyed pea, cowpea	eaten fresh as shell beans or dried

English > *black-eyed pea*: 3 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	fruit or seed of the cowpea plant.
Synonym	cowpea
Part of	cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis	sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
Broader	legume	The fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case

English > *black-eyed pea*: 3 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure.
Synonyms	cowpea, cowpea plant, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis
Member of	Vigna, genus Vigna	genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers
Parts	black-eyed pea, cowpea	Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
Parts	cowpea, black-eyed pea	fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
Broader	legume, leguminous plant	An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Spanish	caupí, Vigna sinensis, vigna unguiculata
Catalan	vigna unguiculata

English > *black-eyed pea*: 3 senses > noun 3, food
Meaning	Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried.
Synonym	cowpea
Part of	cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis	sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
Broader	legume	The seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)

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