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pigeon pea

pigeon pea noun: a tropical African plant, Cajanus cajan, formerly Cajanus indicus.

pigeon pea: a tropical African plant, Cajanus cajan, formerly Cajanus indicus
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Noun

pigeon pea (plural pigeon peas)

  1. A tropical African plant, Cajanus cajan, formerly Cajanus indicus.
  2. 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.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 85
    Synonyms:
    Congo pea, gandul, gungo pea, red gram, togari, toor, toovar, dal, pigeon bean

pigeon pea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

pigeon pea in Hindi

pigeon pea
अरहर arhar, तुवर tuvar, तूर tūr

pigeon pea in Tamil

Cajanus cajan plant
துவரம் பருப்பு tuvaram paruppu

pigeon pea in Bengali

pigeon pea, pulse, lentil, dal
ডাইল ḍail
pigeon pea, red gram
অড়হর oṛohor

pigeon pea in Telugu

Cajanus cajan plant
కందులు kandulu
edible seed
కందిపప్పు kandipappu
More languagesFewer languages
pigeon pea in Kannada
ತೊಗರಿ togari, ತೊಗರಿ ಕಾಳು togari kāḷu
pigeon pea in Punjabi
ਅਰਹਰ arahar
pigeon pea in Arabic
بَازِلَّاء هِنْدِيَّة bāzillāʔ hindiyya, بِسِلَّة هِنْدِيَّة bisilla hindiyya
pigeon pea in Myanmar
ပဲစင်းငုံ pai:cang:ngum

Synonyms of pigeon pea

All synonyms of pigeon pea

Forms of pigeon pea

pluralpigeon peas
alternative formpigeonpea

Origin of pigeon pea

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

Questions about pigeon pea

What does pigeon pea mean?
Pigeon pea means a tropical African plant, Cajanus cajan, formerly Cajanus indicus.
What is pigeon pea in Hindi?
Pigeon pea in Hindi is अरहर (arhar), तुवर (tuvar), तूर (tūr). See Pigeon pea meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pigeon pea?
Pigeon pea is a noun.
What is the plural of pigeon pea?
The plural of pigeon pea is pigeon peas.

Words near pigeon pea in the dictionary

  1. Pigeon Island
  2. pigeon loft
  3. pigeon lofts
  4. pigeon pair
  5. pigeon pairs
  6. pigeon pea
  7. pigeon peas
  8. pigeon pie
  9. pigeon pies
  10. pigeon plum
  11. pigeon plums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pigeon pea (page history and authors); अरहर (Hindi) (page history and authors); অড়হর (Bengali) (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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