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Cajanus

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:

↑pigeon pea, ↑pigeon-pea plant, ↑cajan pea, ↑catjang pea, ↑red gram, ↑dhal, ↑dahl, ↑Cajanus cajan

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\\kəˈjānəs, -än-\ noun

Usage: 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.