black-eyed pea

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.

  The Great Debaters (2007)

• 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.

  Whatever Works (2009)

• - We had grits, black-eyed peas...

  Harry and Tonto (1974)

• 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.

• Maybe I can make black-eyed peas and crab cakes for dinner.

• One of their popular dishes, called Kunde, is a stew made of black-eyed peas and tomatoes.

Synonyms

B

bean

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An edible seed or pod from plants like peas and lentils used for food

is one small pale variety distinguished by a single black spot and regional use

C

cowpea

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A seed or pod from a plant grown in warm places that people eat

is a small pale variety with a distinct black spot used in Southern cooking

V

Vigna unguiculata

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9.9

A climbing or spreading pea plant grown for edible seeds and animal feed

is the small pale food variety noted for a black spot and Southern use

V

Vigna sinensis

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9.9

A climbing plant grown for its edible beans, animal food, and to improve soil

is the small pale seed with a black spot commonly eaten in Southern cooking

E

edible bean

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A seed from plants like peas or lentils that you can eat

is a specific small pale edible type marked by a black spot

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