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		Noun: cowpea  'kaw`pee- Fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
  - black-eyed pea [N. Amer], black-eyed bean [Brit], black-eye bean [Brit]  - Sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
  - cowpea plant, black-eyed pea [N. Amer], Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis, black-eyed bean [Brit], black-eye bean [Brit]  - Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
  - black-eyed pea [N. Amer], black-eyed bean [Brit], black-eye bean [Brit] 
 Derived forms: cowpeas Type of: legume, leguminous plant Part of: genus Vigna, Vigna Encyclopedia: Cowpea  |