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Dhal

noun
1.
Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics.  Synonyms: cajan pea, Cajanus cajan, catjang pea, dahl, pigeon-pea plant, pigeon pea, red gram.






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"Dhal" Quotes from Famous Books



... was little cultivation, and that little of the most wretched kind; even rice-fields were few and scattered; there was no corn, or gram (Ervum Lens), no Castor-oil, no Poppy, Cotton, Safflower, or other crops of the richer soils that flank the Ganges and Hoogly; a very little Sugar-cane, Dhal (Cajana), Mustard, Linseed, and Rape, the latter three cultivated for their oil. Hardly a Palm was to be seen; and it was seldom that the cottages could boast of a Banana, Tamarind, Orange, Cocoa-nut or Date. The Mahowa (Bassia latifolia) and Mango were the ...
— Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker



Words linked to "Dhal" :   shrub, bush, genus Cajanus, Cajanus



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