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DHAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dhal mean? 

DHAL (noun)
  The noun DHAL has 1 sense:

1. tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropicsplay

  Familiarity information: DHAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DHAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cajan pea; Cajanus cajan; catjang pea; dahl; dhal; pigeon-pea plant; pigeon pea; red gram

Hypernyms ("dhal" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "dhal"):

cajan pea; dahl; pigeon pea (small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant)

Holonyms ("dhal" is a member of...):

Cajanus; genus Cajanus (erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions)


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