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cowpea

/kou-pee/US // ˈkaʊˌpi //UK // (ˈkaʊˌpiː) //

豇豆,豇豆类,豇豆类的,牛豆

Definitions

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

Examples

  • To draw this immune response to lung tumors, Steinmetz’s lab engineered nanoparticles made from the cowpea mosaic virus to target a protein in the lungs.

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

  • Carefully dig up a root of clover, cowpea, soy bean or other legume and wash the soil from it.

  • The cowpea is perhaps the most important leguminous plant grown for soil improvement in the South.

  • Aside from its value as a green manure crop the cowpea is useful as food for man and the farm animals.

  • Few plants equal the cowpea in repaying careful preparation.

  • Going southward, the cowpea has the advantage, and northward the clover gains.