Thesaurus: cowpea

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1. n. The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.
2. n. fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
3. n. sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
4. n. eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
5. The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States. COWPER'S GLANDS Cow"per's glands` (kou"prz glndz`). Etym: [After the discoverer, William Cowper, an English surgeon.] (Anat.) Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.
6. The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genusDolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated inthe southern part of the United States.
7. n:100 n. fruit or seed of the cowpea plant n. sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure