red gram

Questions about red gram

What does red gram mean?

red gram means "tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics".

What is another word for red gram?

Close synonyms include pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, 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 red gram a common word?

red gram 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.