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  • noun Plural form of cowpea.

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Examples

  • Black-eyed peas: Ivory or grayish, with a black spot, black-eyed peas also known as cowpeas are quick-cooking and popular in the American South.

    The Food Matters Cookbook Mark Bittman 2010

  • In markets nationwide in recent months, a kind of string beans called cowpeas have been found contaminated with high levels of a banned pesticide, for instance.

    Chinese Dairy Executives Are Sentenced in Scandal James T. Areddy 2010

  • In markets nationwide in recent months, a kind of string beans called cowpeas have been found contaminated with high levels of a banned pesticide, for instance.

    Chinese Dairy Executives Are Sentenced in Scandal James T. Areddy 2010

  • In markets nationwide in recent months, a kind of string beans called cowpeas have been found contaminated with high levels of a banned pesticide, for instance.

    Chinese Dairy Executives Are Sentenced in Scandal James T. Areddy 2010

  • Black-eyed peas also called cowpeas are legumes, a category which includes beans, peas, and lentils, and all legumes are highly nutritious.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Kalyn Denny 2008

  • For my own Weekend Herb Blogging post this week, I talked about black-eyed peas also called cowpeas or blackeye peas.

    Weekend Herb Blogging #13 Recap Happy New Herbs from Around the World Kalyn Denny 2006

  • So, when's the last time you ate black-eyed peas also known as cowpeas, crowder peas, Southern pesa, and many other names?

    Archive 2006-05-01 Pat 2006

  • So, when's the last time you ate black-eyed peas also known as cowpeas, crowder peas, Southern pesa, and many other names?

    a favorite springtime salad Pat 2006

  • Black-eyed peas, also known as cowpeas, crowder peas, or pea beans are neither a pea nor a bean.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • Black-eyed peas, also known as cowpeas, crowder peas, or pea beans are neither a pea nor a bean.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

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