'Cowpea' definitions:
Definition of 'cowpea'
(from WordNet)
noun
Fruit or seed of the cowpea plant [syn: cowpea, black- eyed pea]
noun
Sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure [syn: cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis]
noun
Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried [syn: black-eyed pea, cowpea]
Definition of 'Cowpea'
From: GCIDE
- Cowpea \Cow"pea`\ (kou"p[=e]`), n.
- 1. The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Vigna Sinensis, syn. {Vigna Catjang}) found throughout the tropics of the Old World. It is extensively cultivated in the Southern United States for fodder, and the seed is used as food for man. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]