HyperDic: cowpea_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression cowpea plant:
NOUNplantcowpea plant, cowpea, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensissprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
English > cowpea plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure.
Synonymscowpea, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis
Member ofVigna, genus Vignagenus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers
Partsblack-eyed pea, cowpeaEaten fresh as shell beans or dried
cowpea, black-eyed peafruit or seed of the cowpea plant
Broaderlegume, leguminous plantAn erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Spanishcaupí, Vigna sinensis, vigna unguiculata
Catalanvigna unguiculata

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