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English noun: cowpea

1. cowpea (plant) fruit or seed of the cowpea plant


Synonymsblack-eyed pea


Broader (hypernym)legume


Part meronymblack-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea plant, Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata

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


Synonymsblack-eyed pea, cowpea plant, Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata


Broader (hypernym)legume, leguminous plant


Part holonymblack-eyed pea, black-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea


Member meronymgenus Vigna, Vigna

3. cowpea (food) eaten fresh as shell beans or dried


Synonymsblack-eyed pea


Broader (hypernym)legume


Part meronymblack-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea plant, Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata









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