HORSE GRAM

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("horse gram" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("horse gram" 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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