NOUN | plant | red gram, pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan | tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods |
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Meaning | Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics. | |
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Synonyms | pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan | |
Member of | Cajanus, genus Cajanus | Erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics |
Parts | cajan pea, pigeon pea, dahl | small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant |
Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
Spanish | dhal | |
Catalan | cajanus cajan, dhal |
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