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black-eyed pea

black-eyed pea noun: an African leguminous plant, of the species Vigna unguiculata, widely cultivated as food and forage, specifically Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata.

black-eyed pea: an African leguminous plant, of the species Vigna unguiculata, widely cultivated as food and...
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Noun

black-eyed pea (plural black-eyed peas)

  1. An African leguminous plant, of the species Vigna unguiculata, widely cultivated as food and forage, specifically Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata.
    Synonyms:
    blackeye pea, black-eye pea, bachapin bean, black-eyed bean, black eyed cowpea, black eyed dolichos, common cowpea, cultivated African cowpea, cowgram, acre pea
  2. The edible seed of these plants.
    Synonyms:
    blackeye pea, black-eye pea
  3. (Southern US) Any pale bean with a black spot.
    Synonyms:
    blackeye pea, black-eye pea

black-eyed pea meaning in Marathi, Tagalog, Arabic and Persian

black-eyed pea in Marathi

black-eyed pea
चवळी cavḷī

black-eyed pea in Tagalog

cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
payap, paayap
cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
payap, paayap

black-eyed pea in Arabic

cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
لُوبِيَاء lūbiyāʔ, لُوبِيَا lūbiyā, دِجْر dijr
cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
لُوبِيَاء lūbiyāʔ, لُوبِيَا lūbiyā, دِجْر dijr

black-eyed pea in Persian

cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
لوبیا lôbiyâ
cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
لوبیا lôbiyâ
More languagesFewer languages
black-eyed pea in Thai
ถั่วฝักยาว tùua-fàk-yaao
black-eyed pea in Myanmar
ပဲလွမ်း pai:lwam:, ဗိုလ်ကိတ်ပဲ builkitpai:

Synonyms of black-eyed pea

  • blackeye pea
  • black-eye pea
  • bachapin bean
  • black-eyed bean
  • black eyed cowpea
  • black eyed dolichos
  • common cowpea
  • cultivated African cowpea
  • cowgram
  • acre pea
6 more synonymsFewer synonyms
  • crowder bean
  • southern pea
  • crowder pea
  • marble pea
  • poona pea
  • kafir bean

All synonyms of black-eyed pea

Forms of black-eyed pea

pluralblack-eyed peas

Questions about black-eyed pea

What does black-eyed pea mean?
Black-eyed pea means an African leguminous plant, of the species Vigna unguiculata, widely cultivated as food and forage, specifically Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata.
What is black-eyed pea in Marathi?
Black-eyed pea in Marathi is चवळी (cavḷī). See Black-eyed pea meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is black-eyed pea?
Black-eyed pea is a noun.
What is the plural of black-eyed pea?
The plural of black-eyed pea is black-eyed peas.

Words near black-eyed pea in the dictionary

  1. black-currants
  2. black-diver
  3. black-eyed
  4. black-eyed bean
  5. black-eyed beans
  6. black-eyed pea
  7. black-eyed peas
  8. black-eyed Susan
  9. black-eyed Susans
  10. black-faced bunting
  11. black-faced buntings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: black-eyed pea (page history and authors); चवळी (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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