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cowpea

[ 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.


cowpea

/ ˈkaʊˌpiː /

noun

  1. a leguminous tropical climbing plant, Vigna sinensis, producing long pods containing edible pealike seeds: grown for animal fodder and sometimes as human food
  2. Also calledblack-eyed pea the seed of this plant


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cowpea1

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; cow 1 + pea 1

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Example Sentences

To draw this immune response to lung tumors, Steinmetz’s lab engineered nanoparticles made from the cowpea mosaic virus to target a protein in the lungs.

The paper illustrates the point by undertaking two different RCTs on cowpea seeds in Tanzania.

Carefully dig up a root of clover, cowpea, soy bean or other legume and wash the soil from it.

The cowpea is perhaps the most important leguminous plant grown for soil improvement in the South.

Aside from its value as a green manure crop the cowpea is useful as food for man and the farm animals.

Few plants equal the cowpea in repaying careful preparation.

Going southward, the cowpea has the advantage, and northward the clover gains.

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