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gungo peas

gungo peas is the plural of gungo pea.

Meaning of gungo 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

Questions about gungo peas

What is gungo peas the plural of?
Gungo peas is the plural of gungo pea.

Words near gungo peas in the dictionary

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

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