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Pigeon pea

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tropical African plant, Cajanus cajan, formerly Cajanus indicus.
  2. 2
    small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant wordnet
  3. 3
    The edible seed of this plant.

    "Pigeon peas are like hard brown pills specially grown to condition small bodies that are all feather, bone, muscle, head and heart."

  4. 4
    tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics wordnet

Etymology

So called as they are used as feed for domesticated pigeons.

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