pigeon pea

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspigeon-pea plantcajan peacatjang peared gramdhaldahlCajanus cajan

   Broadershrub

   Part ofCajanus

   Partscajan pea
2. 2.

   small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant

   Synonymscajan peadahl

   Broaderpea

   Part ofpigeon pea

Questions about pigeon pea

What does pigeon pea mean?

pigeon pea means "tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pigeon pea?

Close synonyms include pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram, dhal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pigeon pea a common word?

pigeon pea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.