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1. Fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
   - black-eyed pea [N. Amer], black-eyed bean [Brit], black-eye bean [Brit]
    
2. 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]
    
3. 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