Cowpea

Definition: Cowpea

Cowpea

Noun

1. Fruit or seed of the cowpea plant.

2. Sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure.

3. Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Cowpea

Crosswords: Cowpea

Books

• A Farmer's Primer on Growing Cowpea on Riceland (reference)

• Cowpea genetic resources : contributions in cowpea exploration, evaluation, and research from Italy and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (reference)

• Cowpea Research, Production, and Utilization (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "cowpea": cowpea plant. Additional references.

Chinese 

豇豆. (various references)

Danish

vignabønne (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), koaert (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea). (various references)

Dutch

cowpea (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), katjang pandjang (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea). (various references)

Finnish

lehmänpapu (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea). (various references)

French

pois yeux noirs (cow pea), pois canne (cow pea), pois à vache (cow pea), niébé (cow pea), dolique de Chine (cow pea). (various references)

German

Cowpea (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), Langbohne (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), Kuherbse (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), Kuhbohne (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), Augenbohne (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea). (various references)

Greek 

βίγνα η σινική (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), δόλιχος η σινική (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea). (various references)

Italian

fagiolo dall'occhio nero (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), fagiolino piccolo (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea). (various references)

Pig Latin

owpeacay

Portuguese

feijão de corda, ervilha de vaca. (various references)

Spanish

chícharo tropical (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), chícharo de vaca (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), caupi (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), judía de vaca (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), judía de a vara (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), judía carilla (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), fríjol de vaca (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea), fréjol (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea). (various references)

Swedish

vignaböna (blackeye bean, blackeyed pea, black-eyed pea, cow pea, Southern pea). (various references)

Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "cowpea": cowpeas. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cowpea" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: capea, Cepaea, copea, copia, Coprefa, Couepia, cowper, cuphea, Ocypeta. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: cape, capo, cope, pace.

-3 letters: ace, ape, awe, cap, caw, cep, cop, cow, oca, ope, owe, pac, paw, pea, pec, pew, pow, wae, wap, woe, wop.

-4 letters: ae, aw, oe, op, ow, pa, pe, we, wo.

+1 letter: cowpeas.

+2 letters: capework.

+3 letters: capeworks, showplace, snowscape, townscape, workplace.

+4 letters: pillowcase, showplaces, snowcapped, snowscapes, townscapes, workplaces.

+5 letters: candlepower, pillowcases, policewoman, stopwatches.