noun
twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
• Syn: ↑horse grain, ↑poor man's pulse, ↑Macrotyloma uniflorum, ↑Dolichos biflorus
• Hypernyms: ↑legume, ↑leguminous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Macrotyloma, ↑genus Macrotyloma
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noun or horse grain : a twining herb (Dolichos biflorus) of the tropics of the Old World that is cultivated in India for fodder with the seeds being used as food
Useful english dictionary. 2012.