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black gram

black gram noun: a bean from the seed of Vigna mungo, native to the Indian subcontinent.

black gram: a bean from the seed of Vigna mungo, native to the Indian subcontinent
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Noun

black gram (usually uncountable, plural black grams)

  1. (usually) A bean from the seed of Vigna mungo, native to the Indian subcontinent.

black gram meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Kannada

black gram in Tamil

உளுந்து

black gram in Bengali

Black gram or urad , a legume used in South Asian cooking
মাসকালাই maskalai
black gram
মুগ mug

black gram in Telugu

black gram
మినుములు minumulu

black gram in Kannada

black gram, urad
ಉದ್ದು uddu
More languagesFewer languages
black gram in Odia
ମୁଗ muga
black gram in Sinhala
මුං muṁ

Synonyms of black gram

All synonyms of black gram

Forms of black gram

pluralblack grams

Questions about black gram

What does black gram mean?
Black gram means a bean from the seed of Vigna mungo, native to the Indian subcontinent.
What is black gram in Tamil?
Black gram in Tamil is உளுந்து. See Black gram meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is black gram?
Black gram is a noun.
What is the plural of black gram?
The plural of black gram is black grams.

Words near black gram in the dictionary

  1. black girl magic
  2. black gobies
  3. black goby
  4. black gold
  5. black goose
  6. black gram
  7. black grama
  8. black gramas
  9. black grams
  10. black grouse
  11. black grouses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: black gram (page history and authors); black gram (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মাসকালাই (Bengali) (page history and authors); మినుములు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಉದ್ದು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ମୁଗ (Odia) (page history and authors); මුං (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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