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the viny annual plant Vigna unguiculata of the Papilionaceae family, bearing seeds in slender pods, grown for its seeds, fodder, green manure, etc.; cow pea plant.
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the edible seed of this plant, cooked as a vegetable; black-eyed pea; cow pea.
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a resinous substance secreted by various scale insects, esp. Laccifer lacca, which when melted, strained, and re-hardened forms shellac; lac.