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gungo pea

gungo pea noun: pigeon pea.

Noun

gungo pea (plural gungo peas)

  1. (Jamaica) Pigeon pea.
    • Around Christmastime, Jamaicans use small brown and green gungo peas (also known as pigeon peas or congo peas), but the rest of the year, when gungo peas are not in season, they often substitute red kidney beans.2005, Janice Hamilton, Jamaica in Pictures (Visual Geography Series), Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Company, →ISBN, page 55

Forms of gungo pea

pluralgungo peas

Questions about gungo pea

What does gungo pea mean?
Gungo pea means pigeon pea.
What part of speech is gungo pea?
Gungo pea is a noun.
What is the plural of gungo pea?
The plural of gungo pea is gungo peas.

Words near gungo pea in the dictionary

  1. gungier
  2. gungiest
  3. gunging
  4. Gungnae
  5. Gungnir
  6. gungo pea
  7. gungo peas
  8. gungs
  9. gungude
  10. gungudes
  11. Gungun

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