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Definition of Cajanus
1. Noun. Erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Cajan Pea, Cajanus Cajan, Catjang Pea, Dahl, Dhal, Pigeon Pea, Pigeon-pea Plant, Red Gram
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cajanus
Literary usage of Cajanus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Subtropical Vegetable-gardening by Peter Henry Rolfs (1916)
"PIGEON PEA (Cajanus indicus) There are several varieties of this tropical legume.
It may grow for several years, forming a tall woody shrub; but is perhaps ..."
2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"74° 18', E., is small but high, and visible for 24 miles. PIGEON-PEA, Cajanus
indiens, is the seed of the plant called by Linnaeus Cytisus cajan, ..."
3. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1854)
"There are two species of pigeon pea growing in the West Indies, the Cajanus
flavus, and Cytisus pseudo-capan Jacquin. Those two differ in the color of the ..."
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