NOUN | plant | poor man's pulse, horse gram, horse grain, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus | twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder |
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Meaning | Twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos. | |
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Synonyms | horse gram, horse grain, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus | |
Member of | Macrotyloma, genus Macrotyloma | Annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia |
Broader | legume, leguminous plant | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae |
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