Small, slightly kidney-shaped beans marked with one black spot or "eye"; introduced into the Southwest by African slaves
A small beige bean of the legume family with a round black "eye" located at its inner curve This bean is popular, particularly in the south Also called the "cowpea " Varieties with yellow "eyes" are called "yellow-eyed peas "
These white kidney-shaped beans with a black "eye" are available dried or canned
black eyed peas
Türkische aussprache
bläk ayd piz
Aussprache
/ˈblak ˈīd ˈpēz/ /ˈblæk ˈaɪd ˈpiːz/
Etymologie
[ 'blak ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah black, and probably to Latin flagrare to burn, Greek phlegein.