cowpea plant

/ˌkaʊˈpi plænt/
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Other forms: cowpea plants

Definitions of cowpea plant
  1. noun
    sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
    synonyms: Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, black-eyed pea, cowpea
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    type of:
    legume, leguminous plant
    an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
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