单词 | cowpea |
释义 | cowpea (once / 31858 pages) n WORD FAMILY cowpea: cowpeas USAGE EXAMPLESWork is planned to test that in crops that are especially important as dietary staples in Africa, like cowpeas, rice and cassava. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) After harvesting her first drought-resistant crops, she prepared a meal traditionally eaten by the Kamba people called muthokoi, a mixture of maize, cowpeas and beans. Reuters(Oct 10, 2016) The region was once one of Nigeria’s breadbaskets, producing rice, maize, wheat, millet, sorghum, cowpeas, fruits, peppers, chilis and vegetables. Los Angeles Times(Aug 19, 2016) 1n sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure Syn|Hyper Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, black-eyed pea, cowpea plant legume, leguminous plant an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae 2n fruit or seed of the cowpea plant Syn|Hyper black-eyed pea legume the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case 3n eaten fresh as shell beans or dried Syn|Hyper black-eyed pea legume the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) |
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