black-eyed pea
- noun
- /ˈblækˌaɪd pi/
- US
- - I want some black-eyed peas and rice.
- black-eyed peas and beans
Examples
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Okay, you got macaroni and cheese, fried chicken, black-eyed peas for good luck, red beans and rice, corn bread, candied yams.
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When I visit, she takes me to wonderful restaurants where they serve black-eyed peas garnished with cilantro and spoonbread hot with chiles.
Fiction book (1990) -
I made sure to eat black-eyed peas, an old Southern tradition that ensures good luck throughout the coming year.
Blog text (23) -
Maybe I can make black-eyed peas and crab cakes for dinner.
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- We had grits, black-eyed peas...
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I can't wait to read the black-eyed peas recipe!
Blog text (3) -
The black-eyed pea is, perhaps, the most well-known of the Southern peas.
Blog text (22) -
I want some black-eyed peas and rice.
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Maybe I can make black-eyed peas and crab cakes for dinner.
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One of their popular dishes, called Kunde, is a stew made of black-eyed peas and tomatoes.
Synonyms
An edible seed or pod from plants like peas and lentils used for food
A seed or pod from a plant grown in warm places that people eat
A climbing or spreading pea plant grown for edible seeds and animal feed
A climbing plant grown for its edible beans, animal food, and to improve soil
A seed from plants like peas or lentils that you can eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
black-eyed + pea
The compound literally describes a pea that has a black 'eye' or spot; a B1 learner who knows 'black', 'eye' and 'pea' can readily infer this meaning from the constituents. This is a straightforward descriptive noun phrase (modifier + noun) and follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so its meaning is immediately transparent.
Etymology
Black-eyed pea is named for how the pea looks: a pale bean with a small black spot that looks like an 'eye'. That's why the name refers to this edible 'bean' often used in cooking.