poor man's pulse

What does poor man's pulse mean?

poor man's pulse means "twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos".

What is another word for poor man's pulse?

Close synonyms include horse gram, horse grain, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus. 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 poor man's pulse a common word?

poor man's pulse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for poor man's pulse come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.