HORSE GRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horse grain mean? 

• HORSE GRAIN (noun)
  The noun HORSE GRAIN has 1 sense:

1. twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos

  Familiarity information: HORSE GRAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORSE GRAIN (noun)

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Meaning:

Twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dolichos biflorus; horse grain; horse gram; Macrotyloma uniflorum; poor man's pulse

Hypernyms ("horse grain" is a kind of...):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

Holonyms ("horse grain" is a member of...):

genus Macrotyloma; Macrotyloma (annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia; plants often placed in genus Dolichos)