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    POOR MAN'S PULSE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("poor man's pulse" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("poor man's pulse" is a member of...):

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

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