Found 2 items, similar to cowpea.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cowpea 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cowpea 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.]