Found 2 items, similar to Vigna Sinensis.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Vigna sinensis
Vigna sinensis
n : sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern
United States for food and forage and green manure [syn:
cowpea,
cowpea plant,
black-eyed pea,
Vigna unguiculata
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vigna Sinensis
Cowpea
\Cow"pea`\ (kou"p[=e]`), n.
1. The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus
Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are
cultivated in the southern part of the United States.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A leguminous plant (
Vigna Sinensis, syn.
Vigna Catjang
) found throughout the tropics of the Old World.
It is extensively cultivated in the Southern United States
for fodder, and the seed is used as food for man.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]