black-eyed peas
• noun
The edible, pale-colored seeds of the cowpea plant (Vigna unguiculata), characterized by a prominent black or dark-brown spot around the hilum and widely used as a culinary legume in Southern American, African, and Caribbean cuisines.
"In the American South, eating a dish of black-eyed peas and collard greens on New Year's Day is a traditional way to invite good luck."
Annual herbaceous plants or vines of the legume family Fabaceae (Vigna unguiculata) native to West Africa and widely cultivated in warm climates for their long pods and edible seeds.
"The farmer planted several rows of black-eyed peas because the drought-tolerant vines thrive in sandy soil and enrich the earth with nitrogen."
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