DOLICHOS BIFLORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dolichos biflorus mean? 

• DOLICHOS BIFLORUS (noun)
  The noun DOLICHOS BIFLORUS has 1 sense:

1. twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos

  Familiarity information: DOLICHOS BIFLORUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOLICHOS BIFLORUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dolichos biflorus; horse grain; horse gram; Macrotyloma uniflorum; poor man's pulse

Hypernyms ("Dolichos biflorus" is a kind of...):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

Holonyms ("Dolichos biflorus" is a member of...):

genus Macrotyloma; Macrotyloma (annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia; plants often placed in genus Dolichos)