cowpea Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
    black-eyed pea.
  2. noun sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
    Vigna sinensis; black-eyed pea; cowpea plant; Vigna unguiculata.
  3. noun eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
    black-eyed pea.

WordNet

Cow"pea` noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913