Cowpea (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried.

Classification

Nouns denoting foods and drinks.

Synonyms

• Black-eyed Pea

Hypernyms

• Legume

Meaning ²

Sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Vigna Unguiculata
• Vigna Sinensis
• Cowpea Plant
• Black-eyed Pea

Hypernyms

• Leguminous Plant

Meaning ³

Fruit or seed of the cowpea plant.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Black-eyed Pea