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CAJAN PEA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant

Synonyms:

cajan pea; dahl; pigeon pea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("cajan pea" is a kind of...):

pea (seed of a pea plant used for food)

Holonyms ("cajan pea" is a part of...):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics

Synonyms:

cajan pea; Cajanus cajan; catjang pea; dahl; dhal; pigeon-pea plant; pigeon pea; red gram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cajan pea" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "cajan pea"):

cajan pea; dahl; pigeon pea (small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant)

Holonyms ("cajan pea" 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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