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blackeyed peasen

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black-eyed pea

[blak-ahyd]
–noun
cowpea.

Origin:
1720–30

cow⋅pea

[kou-pee]
–noun
1. a plant, Vigna unguiculata, extensively cultivated in the southern U.S. for forage, soil improvement, etc.
2. the seed of this plant, used for food.
Also called black-eyed pea.


Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; cow 1 + pea
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