black-eyed pea

(noun) fruit or seed of the cowpea plant. Synonyms: cowpea, black-eyed pea.

(noun) sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure. Synonyms: cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis.

(noun) eaten fresh as shell beans or dried. Synonyms: black-eyed pea, cowpea.