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black-eyed pea beans

Noun

black-eyed pea ‎(plural black-eyed peas)

1. An African leguminous plant, of the genus Vigna, widely cultivated as food and forage, specifically Vigna unguiculata.
2. The edible seed of these plants.
3. (Southern US) Any pale bean with a black spot.

Synonyms

• (Vigna): cowpea
• (Vigna unguiculata): blackeye pea, black-eye pea (US, South); bachapin bean, black-eyed bean, black eyed cowpea, black eyed dolichos, common cowpea, cultivated African cowpea, cowgram, cow pea, crowder bean, southern pea, crowder pea, marble pea, poona pea, kafir bean
• (any pale bean with a black spot): blackeye pea, black-eye pea

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