cowpea

n 1: fruit or seed of the cowpea plant [syn: {black-eyed pea}]

2: sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern

United States for food and forage and green manure [syn: {cowpea

plant}, {black-eyed pea}, {Vigna unguiculata}, {Vigna

sinensis}]

3: eaten fresh as shell beans or dried [syn: {black-eyed pea}]