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1. fruit or seed of the cowpea plant

2. sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure

3. eaten fresh as shell beans or dried

1. : cowpea 1

2. black-eyed pea : a tropical vine (Dolichos sphaerospermus) having a seed that is used in the West Indies for food

cowpea.

[1720-30]

black-eye bean , black-eyed bean, black-eye pea or black-eyed pea noun

1. The cowpea

2. (the seed of) a plant widely cultivated for its seed pods containing beans which are usually creamy-white with a ‘black eye’

Main Entry: ↑black

black-eyed pea,

the brownish seed of the cowpea, much used as food in the southern part of the United States.

n. another term for cowpea

/ˈblækˌaıd-/ noun, pl ⋯ peas [count]

chiefly US : a type of small, light bean that has a dark spot on it — called also (chiefly Brit) black-eyed bean (chiefly US) cowpea

black-eyed pea [black-eyed pea] noun [usu pl](AmE) (BrE cowpea, black-eyed bean)

a small white bean with a black spot on it, eaten a lot in the US. A dish called hopping John (black-eyed peas and rice) is eaten in the southern US states on ↑New Year's Day because it is thought to bring good luck in the new year.

See also: ↑cowpea