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POOR MAN'S PULSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poor man's pulse mean?
• POOR MAN'S PULSE (noun)
The noun POOR MAN'S PULSE has 1 sense:
1. twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
Familiarity information: POOR MAN'S PULSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("poor man's pulse" is a kind of...):
legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)
Holonyms ("poor man's pulse" is a member of...):
genus Macrotyloma; Macrotyloma (annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia; plants often placed in genus Dolichos)
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