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cowpea

/ˈkaʊpiː/

cowpea noun: any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea.

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Noun

cowpea (plural cowpeas)

Any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea.

Synonyms:

cow bean, longbean

cowpea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

cowpea in Hindi

cowpea, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata: लोबिया lobiyā

cowpea in Tamil

காராமணி

cowpea in Urdu

cowpea, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata: لوبیا lobiyā

cowpea in Malayalam

cowpea: വൻപയർ vaṉpayaṟ

More languagesFewer languages

cowpea in Punjabi: ਲੋਬੀਆ lobīā
cowpea in Sanskrit: कुलत्थ kulattha

Synonyms of cowpea

Forms of cowpea

plural	cowpeas

Origin of cowpea

From cow + pea.

Words formed from cowpea

long-podded cowpea

Questions about cowpea

What does cowpea mean?: Cowpea means any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea.
What is cowpea in Hindi?: Cowpea in Hindi is लोबिया (lobiyā). See Cowpea meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cowpea?: Cowpea is a noun.
How do you pronounce cowpea?: Cowpea is pronounced /ˈkaʊpiː/.
What is the plural of cowpea?: The plural of cowpea is cowpeas.

Words near cowpea in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: cowpea (page history and authors); लोबिया (Hindi) (page history and authors); cowpea (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); لوبیا (Urdu) (page history and authors); വൻപയർ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਲੋਬੀਆ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); कुलत्थ (Sanskrit) (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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