noun fruit or seed of the cowpea plant.
— synonyms: black-eyed_pea
noun sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure.
— synonyms: cowpea_plant, black-eyed_pea, Vigna_unguiculata, Vigna_sinensis
noun eaten fresh as shell beans or dried.
— synonyms: black-eyed_pea