Definitions for cowpea

cowpea cow·pea

Spelling: [kou-pee]
IPA: /ˈkaʊˌpi/

Cowpea is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in cowpea (aceopw).

Definitions for cowpea

noun

  1. a plant, Vigna unguiculata, extensively cultivated in the southern U.S. for forage, soil improvement, etc.
  2. the seed of this plant, used for food.

Origin of cowpea

An Americanism dating back to 1810-20; cow1 + pea1

Examples for cowpea

The substitution of the soybean or cowpea for the oat crop gives excellent results.

However, most new seedings of the cowpea do not show a large number of nodules on the plant roots, and inoculation pays.

The cowpea trails on the ground, and carries its bacteria more successfully than the soybean.

Like the cowpea, this bean is at home only in a warm climate.

Comparison is made on the basis of equal adaptability of soil and climate to clover and the cowpea.

Alfalfa, however, unlike the cowpea, does not take to poor land.

The soy bean is planted and cared for in the same manner as the cowpea.

On the other hand, a stand of cowpea plants is surer in the case of soils that crust, and germination runs higher.

The preparation of the soil should be more thorough than that often given the cowpea.

The paper illustrates the point by undertaking two different RCTs on cowpea seeds in Tanzania.

Word Value for cowpea
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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