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cowling |
cowlstaff |
cowman |
cownose ray |
coworker |
cowpea
| cowpea plant
| cowpen daisy
| cowpens
| cowper
| cowper's gland
cowpea
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cowpea has 3 senses
- cowpea(n = noun.plant) black-eyed pea - fruit or seed of the cowpea plant; Array is a kind of legume
- cowpea(n = noun.plant) black-eyed pea, cowpea plant, vigna sinensis, vigna unguiculata - sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure; Array has parts: black-eyed pea, cowpea, black-eyed pea, cowpea
- cowpea(n = noun.food) black-eyed pea - eaten fresh as shell beans or dried; Array is a kind of legume
is a part of black-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea plant, vigna sinensis, vigna unguiculata
is a kind of legume, leguminous plant
is a member of genus vigna, vigna
is a part of black-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea plant, vigna sinensis, vigna unguiculata
CIDE DICTIONARY
cowpea, n.
- 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] - 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.]
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