cowpea
1
7.5
- noun
- /ˈkaʊˌpi/
- Specialized
:
frijol negro
- The maize and cowpea seeds were planted carefully away from the millet, as cowpeas inhibited the growth of the latter.
- planting cowpea seedlings
Examples
-
Other crop plants like peppers, cowpeas, clovers, legumes, and many others will be studied in the future.
Academic text (2003) -
In the meantime, AGRA concentrates on technologies such as MAS and tissue culture to improve cowpea and other crops.
Academic text (2008) -
A candidate for that role might be the cowpea or, as it is more commonly known in certain parts of the world, the black-eyed pea.
Blog text (16) -
Cowpea is also considered an important "insurance" crop, as it is harvested in otherwise nonharvest periods.
Academic text (2008) -
Another important crop plant, cowpea, is an indigenous African legume that grows throughout Africa in difficult agricultural conditions, especially semiarid regions.
Academic text (2008) -
In Uganda, AGRA is funding work at the National Agricultural Research Organization to breed and select plants for resistance to the aphid-borne mosaic virus that afflicts cowpea.
Academic text (2008) -
For centuries, African communities have harvested indigenous plant foodstuffs, such as sorghum, cowpea, and African rice, and adopted such staples as cassava and maize, which together were adequate sustenance for numerous communities.
Academic text (2008) -
In many southern dishes, cowpea is used for its nutritious seeds and tender pods.
-
Farmers appreciate cowpeas for their ability to enrich the soil and provide animal feed.
-
During the summer, people often plant cowpeas because they thrive in warm climates.
Synonyms
A climbing or spreading pea plant grown for edible seeds and animal feed
A spreading annual plant that farmers grow for edible beans and animal feed
A climbing plant grown for its edible beans, animal food, and to improve soil
Compounds
- Specialized
A spreading annual plant that farmers grow for edible beans and animal feed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cowpea comes from two simple English words, cow and pea. Farmers called it that because they fed the plant and its seeds to cows and because the seeds look like peas. So a cowpea is a plant grown for its edible seeds or as animal feed.