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- noun Plural form of
blackeye .
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Examples
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Much goes to waste, such as a quarter-acre of purple-hull peas a lot like blackeyes that were grown for the local food banks, but they never sent anyone out to pick them.
Crooks and Liars Susie Madrak 2010
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Apart from a broken nose and two cracking blackeyes he got away with it.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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The same food company has shown interest in the green blackeyes previously developed by Ehlers for re-hydrated frozen use.
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Meanwhile, movement toward commercial production for improved conventional blackeyes continues with the release of Shafter 50 this year after three seasons of performance scrutiny.
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Tim Close, a geneticist at the Agricultural Experiment Station at UC, Riverside, is working with Ehlers on rapid screening and selection of experimental blackeyes to preserve their California blackeye genetic background.
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