单词 | black-eyed pea |
释义 | > as lemmasblack-eyed pea black-eyed pea n. any of several varieties of pea having a black spot or mark on the seed; (in later use) spec. = black-eyed bean n. ΚΠ 1738 R. Bradley Compl. Seedsman's Monthly Cal. (ed. 2) 3 Knight's round black-ey'd Pea, to be sown in the Spring, and will bear sticking up. 1786 G. Washington Diary (1925) III. 56 They proceeded to sow the small black eyed pea. 1862 Chambers's Encycl. at Dolichos D. sphaerospermus (Calavana or Black-eyed Pea), a native of the West Indies. 1916 Iron Tradesman Apr. 127/1 Though warned by neighbors that he couldn't grow black-eyed peas on that land, he made the trade. 2008 A. Davidson Gargoyle (2009) xxviii. 397 For appetizers we had black-eyed pea fritters and fried plantains. < as lemmas |
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