black-eyed pea

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• noun An African leguminous plant, of the genus Vigna, widely cultivated as food and forage, specifically Vigna unguiculata unguiculata.
• noun The edible seed of these plants.
• noun US, South Any pale bean with a black spot.

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• noun fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
• noun sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
• noun eaten fresh as shell beans or dried