noun
erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions
• Syn: ↑genus Cajanus
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms:
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\\kəˈjānəs, -än-\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Cajan, from Malay kachang bean, pea
: a genus of woody herbs of the family Leguminosae including solely the pigeon pea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.