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noun
A plant with edible beans, native to southern India, Macrotyloma uniflorum (in older literature Dolichos uniflorus or Dolichos biflorus), grown as a minor food crop or as fodder for horses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legume, leguminous plant
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