CAJANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cajanus mean? 

• CAJANUS (noun)
  The noun CAJANUS has 1 sense:

1. erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions

  Familiarity information: CAJANUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAJANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cajanus; genus Cajanus

Hypernyms ("Cajanus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Cajanus"):

cajan pea; Cajanus cajan; catjang pea; dahl; dhal; pigeon-pea plant; pigeon pea; red gram (tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics)

Holonyms ("Cajanus" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)