Black-eyed pea
WordNet
noun
(1) Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
(2) Sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
(3) Fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An African leguminous plant, of the genus Vigna, widely cultivated as food and forage. Especially popular in the areas of the Southern US whose population includes substantial numbers of African-Americans.
- The edible seed of this plant.
Note
Other legumes of the genus Vigna that are similar in appearance (especially "purple-hull beans") are often called black-eyed peas.