HyperDic: dolichos_biflorus

English > 1 sense of the expression Dolichos biflorus:
NOUNplantDolichos biflorus, horse gram, horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorumtwining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder
English > Dolichos biflorus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTwining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos.
Synonymshorse gram, horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum
Member ofMacrotyloma, genus MacrotylomaAnnual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia
Broaderlegume, leguminous plantAn erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

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