HyperDic: poor_man[s_pulse

English > 1 sense of the expression poor man's pulse:
NOUNplantpoor man's pulse, horse gram, horse grain, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorustwining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder
English > poor man's pulse: 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, 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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