English > Vigna sinensis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure. |
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| Synonyms | cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata |
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| Member of | Vigna, genus Vigna | genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers |
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| Parts | black-eyed pea, cowpea | Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | caupí, Vigna sinensis, vigna unguiculata |
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| Catalan | vigna unguiculata |
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