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CAJANUS CAJAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cajanus cajan mean?
• CAJANUS CAJAN (noun)
The noun CAJANUS CAJAN has 1 sense:
1. tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
Familiarity information: CAJANUS CAJAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cajan pea; Cajanus cajan; catjang pea; dahl; dhal; pigeon-pea plant; pigeon pea; red gram
Hypernyms ("Cajanus cajan" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Meronyms (parts of "Cajanus cajan"):
cajan pea; dahl; pigeon pea (small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant)
Holonyms ("Cajanus cajan" is a member of...):
Cajanus; genus Cajanus (erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions)
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