Meanings
nounblack-eyed pea (plural black-eyed peas)
plural black-eyed peas
- 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
- The edible seed of these plants.
Synonyms: blackeye pea, black-eye pea
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn African leguminous plant, of the species Vigna unguiculata, widely cultivated as food and forage, specifically Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata.
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blackeye peablack-eye peabachapin beanblack-eyed beanblack eyed cowpeablack eyed dolichoscommon cowpeacultivated African cowpeacowgramacre peacrowder beansouthern peacrowder peamarble peapoona peakafir bean
nounThe edible seed of these plants.
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blackeye peablack-eye pea
nounAny pale bean with a black spot.
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blackeye peablack-eye pea
More synonyms by meaning
nounsprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
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Broader
legumeleguminous plant
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans akkerbone, boontjie
- akkerbonecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- boontjiecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- koertjiecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
Ancient Greek φάσηλος, σμῖλαξ
- φάσηλος (phásēlos)cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- σμῖλαξ (smîlax)cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- φάσηλος (phásēlos)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- σμῖλαξ (smîlax)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Arabic لُوبِيَاء, لُوبِيَا
- لُوبِيَاء (lūbiyāʔ)cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā)cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- دِجْر (dijr)cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- لُوبِيَاء (lūbiyāʔ)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- دِجْر (dijr)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Bulgarian аспержов боб
- аспержов боб (asperžov bob)cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
Catalan fesolet
- fesoletcowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Chinese Cantonese 眉豆
- 眉豆cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Chinese Mandarin 豇豆
- 豇豆 (jiāngdòu)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Dutch zwartoogboon
- zwartoogbooncowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Finnish lehmänpapu, pitkäpapu
- lehmänpapucowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- pitkäpapucowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- pitkäpapucowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- lehmänpapucowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
French cornille, dolique à œil noir
- cornillecowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- dolique à œil noircowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- pois à vachecowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- niébécowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
German Kuhbohne, Augenbohne
- Kuhbohnecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- Augenbohnecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- Schwarzaugenbohnecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- Schlangenbohnecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- Kuhbohnecowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- Augenbohnecowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- Schwarzaugenbohnecowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- Schlangenbohnecowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Greek μαυρομάτικα φασόλια
- μαυρομάτικα φασόλια (mavromátika fasólia)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Hungarian tehénborsó, tehénborsó
- tehénborsócowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- tehénborsócowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Japanese 豇豆
- 豇豆 (sasage)cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
Korean 동부
- 동부 (dongbu)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Latin phaseolus, phaseolus
- phaseoluscowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- phaseoluscowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Persian لوبیا, لوبیا
- لوبیا (lôbiyâ)cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- لوبیا (lôbiyâ)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Polish wspięga wężowata, fasolnik chiński
- wspięga wężowatacowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- fasolnik chińskicowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- fasolnik wężowycowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- fasola czarne oczkoany pale bean with a black spot
- fasolka wspięgi wężowatejcowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Portuguese feijão-frade, feijão-frade
- feijão-fradecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- feijão-fradecowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- feijão-caritocowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- chícharocowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Russian коро́вий горо́х, коро́вий горо́х
- коро́вий горо́х (koróvij goróx)cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- коро́вий горо́х (koróvij goróx)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Spanish caupí, anconí
- caupíany pale bean with a black spot
- anconíany pale bean with a black spot
- chícharo de vacaany pale bean with a black spot
- frijol alacínany pale bean with a black spot
- frijol caritaany pale bean with a black spot
- frejol Castillaany pale bean with a black spot
- fríjol caupíany pale bean with a black spot
- frijol de varaany pale bean with a black spot
- frijol ojo negroany pale bean with a black spot
- frijol pelónany pale bean with a black spot
- frijol yorimónany pale bean with a black spot
- poroto caupíany pale bean with a black spot
Swahili mkunde, ukunde
- mkundecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- ukundecowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Swedish ögonböna, ögonböna
- ögonbönacowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- ögonbönacowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Tagalog payap, paayap
- payapcowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- paayapcowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- payapcowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- paayapcowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Thai ถั่วฝักยาว
- ถั่วฝักยาว (tùua-fàk-yaao)cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Turkish börülce, börülce
- börülcecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- börülcecowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Welsh ffeuen lygatddu, pys y fuwch
- ffeuen lygatdducowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
- pys y fuwchcowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
Zulu isikhwali, indumba
- isikhwalicowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- indumbacowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- isihlumayacowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
- umcwasibecowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
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