Pigeon pea Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
    red gram; dahl; dhal; Cajanus cajan; pigeon-pea plant; cajan pea; catjang pea.
  2. noun small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
    cajan pea; dahl.

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Definitions
  1. . (Bot.) See Pigeon pea.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.), the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself.

Webster 1913