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cowpea
[ kou-pee ]
noun
- a plant, Vigna unguiculata, extensively cultivated in the southern U.S. for forage, soil improvement, etc.
- the seed of this plant, used for food.
cowpea
/ ˈkaʊˌpiː /
noun
- a leguminous tropical climbing plant, Vigna sinensis, producing long pods containing edible pealike seeds: grown for animal fodder and sometimes as human food
- Also calledblack-eyed pea the seed of this plant
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The paper illustrates the point by undertaking two different RCTs on cowpea seeds in Tanzania.
From The Daily Beast
Carefully dig up a root of clover, cowpea, soy bean or other legume and wash the soil from it.
From Project Gutenberg
The cowpea is perhaps the most important leguminous plant grown for soil improvement in the South.
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Aside from its value as a green manure crop the cowpea is useful as food for man and the farm animals.
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Few plants equal the cowpea in repaying careful preparation.
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Going southward, the cowpea has the advantage, and northward the clover gains.
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