Black-eyed

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a black eye.
  2. 2
    Having the iris of a black color.

    "This morning Keegan looks blacker-haired and blacker-eyed than ever before. The cold has plucked extra color into his cheeks and nose, and his outsized ears are flower-pot red."

  3. 3
    as a part of a phrase

    "black-eyed pea"

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"Watermelon, okra, yams, black-eyed peas and some peppers are all indigenous to Africa."

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