HyperDic: horse_gram

English > 1 sense of the expression horse gram:
NOUNplanthorse gram, horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorustwining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder
English > horse gram: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTwining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos.
Synonymshorse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus
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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