| NOUN | plant | cowpea, black-eyed pea | fruit or seed of the cowpea plant |
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| plant | 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 | |
| food | cowpea, black-eyed pea | eaten fresh as shell beans or dried |
| Meaning | fruit or seed of the cowpea plant. | |
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| Synonym | black-eyed pea | |
| 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 |
| Meaning | sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure. | |
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| Synonyms | cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, 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 |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried. | |
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| Synonym | black-eyed pea | |
| 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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