Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A shrub (Cajanus cajan) of the pea family, having trifoliolate leaves, yellow to reddish flowers, and small edible seeds, and widely cultivated in tropical regions.
- noun A seed of this plant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Cajanus .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tropical African plant (Cajanus cajan, formerly Cajanus indicus), having edible seeds. - noun The edible seed of this plant;
dahl
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
- noun tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the use of its seeds as pigeon feed.]
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