1. (

• cowpea ,
• black-eyed_pea ,

) fruit or seed of the cowpea plant ;

2. (

• cowpea ,
• cowpea_plant ,
• black-eyed_pea ,
• Vigna_unguiculata ,
• Vigna_sinensis

) sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure ;

3. (

• black-eyed_pea ,
• cowpea

) eaten fresh as shell beans or dried ;