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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cow·pea /ˈkaʊˌpi/
 豇豆

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cow·pea n.
 1. The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.
 2. Bot. A leguminous plant (Vigna Sinensis, syn. Vigna Catjang) found throughout the tropics of the Old World. It is extensively cultivated in the Southern United States for fodder, and the seed is used as food for man.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cowpea
      n 1: fruit or seed of the cowpea plant [syn: black-eyed pea]
      2: sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern
         United States for food and forage and green manure [syn: cowpea
         plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna
         sinensis]
      3: eaten fresh as shell beans or dried [syn: black-eyed pea]