cowpea
Americannoun
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a plant, Vigna unguiculata, extensively cultivated in the southern U.S. for forage, soil improvement, etc.
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the seed of this plant, used for food.
noun
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a leguminous tropical climbing plant, Vigna sinensis, producing long pods containing edible pealike seeds: grown for animal fodder and sometimes as human food
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Also called: black-eyed pea. the seed of this plant
Etymology
Origin of cowpea
Example Sentences
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Mice injected with cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles -- and then challenged with metastatic tumors a week later -- exhibited improved survival rates and reduced tumor growth compared to untreated mice.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2024
Cultures throughout human history have had their own favored intercropping systems with similar synergies, such as tumeric and mango or millet, cowpea and ziziphus, commonly known as red date.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2023
The slave trade introduced the cowpea to the Americas, but rice-and-bean dishes already were being made and eaten in areas where rice grew wild.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022
Between 700 C.E. and 1200 C.E., the researchers found a clear boundary between sites dominated by African crops like pearl millet, cowpea, and sorghum, and those with Asian rice, mung bean, and cotton.
From Science Magazine ● May 30, 2016
“You mix the cowpea flour and palm oil, then you steam-cook for hours. You think you can ever get just the cowpea flour? Or just the palm oil?”
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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