HyperDic: pigeon-pea_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression pigeon-pea plant:
NOUNplantpigeon-pea plant, pigeon pea, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajantropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods
English > pigeon-pea plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics.
Synonymspigeon pea, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan
Member ofCajanus, genus CajanusErect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics
Partscajan pea, pigeon pea, dahlsmall highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Spanishdhal
Catalancajanus cajan, dhal

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