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DAHL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
Synonyms:
cajan pea; dahl; pigeon pea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("dahl" is a kind of...):
pea (seed of a pea plant used for food)
Holonyms ("dahl" is a part of...):
cajan pea; Cajanus cajan; catjang pea; dahl; dhal; pigeon-pea plant; pigeon pea; red gram (tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
Synonyms:
cajan pea; Cajanus cajan; catjang pea; dahl; dhal; pigeon-pea plant; pigeon pea; red gram
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dahl" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Meronyms (parts of "dahl"):
cajan pea; dahl; pigeon pea (small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant)
Holonyms ("dahl" is a member of...):
Cajanus; genus Cajanus (erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions)