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When all is clear, the cacao is put in among a "catch crop" of vegetables (the cassava, tania, pigeon-pea, and others), and frequently bananas, though, as taking more nutriment from the soil, they are sometimes objected to.
The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa Brandon Head
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Whoever ate pigeon-pea soup, Si 'Myra said, would never want to leave the island, and I longed for those ships to go.
The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884
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I carried with me one fear -- that we should have pigeon-pea soup.
The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884
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"ICRISAT is also spending a major portion of its core budget for Africa, which includes research and development on its core crops: sorghum, pigeon-pea, chickpea, groundnut and pearl millet," Dar told
SciDev.Net 2010
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