a tropical plant (Cajanus cajan) of the pea family, with yellow flowers, widely grown for its edible seed
2.
its seed
pigeon pea in American English
noun
1.
a tropical shrub, Cajanus cajan, having showy yellow flowers
2.
the brown, edible seed of this plant
Word origin
[1715–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1715–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blackleg, cowboy, dugout, hallmark, leverage
Examples of 'pigeon pea' in a sentence
pigeon pea
Control traps received only pigeon pea seeds and water.
Maurício Ursi Ventura, Antônio Ricardo Panizzi 2004, 'Responses of Neomegalotomus parvus (Hemiptera: Alydidae) to color and male-lured traps',Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132004000400005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This work investigates the interactions among pigeon pea, its key pest, and their natural enemies.
Bharucha Bhavna, Padate G. S. 2010, 'Assessment of beneficial role of an insectivorous bird, jungle babbler (Turdoidesstriatus) predation, on Helicoverpa armigera infesting pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)crop', Acta Agronómicahttp://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/acta_agronomica/article/view/16287. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pigeon pea, however, was the forage that showed the worst degradation rates.
Aureliano José Vieira Pires, Ricardo Andrade Reis, Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho,Gustavo Rezende Siqueira, Thiago Fernandes Bernardes, Ana Cláudia Ruggieri, Eneidade Oliveira Almeida, Marcella de Toledo Piza Roth 2006, 'Degradabilidade ruminal da matéria seca, da fração fibrosa e da proteína bruta deforrageiras Forages dry matter, fibrous fraction and crude protein ruminal degradability',Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2006000400014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The double cropping cultures were: corn, soybean, pearl millet, sunflower, sorghum, oat and pigeon pea.
Carlos Sigueyuki Sediyama, Antônio Alberto da Silva, Liovando Marciano da Costa, AntônioPasqualetto 2007, 'WEEDS IN THE DOUBLE CROPPING WITH CORN (Zea mays L.) UNDER NO-TILLAGE OCORRÊNCIA DEPLANTAS DANINHAS NA CULTURA DO MILHO (Zea mays L.) EM SUCESSÃO A CULTURAS DE SAFRINHANO SISTEMA PLANTIO DIRETO', Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropicalhttp://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/pat/article/view/2480. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The treatments consisted of cover crops sunn hemp, pigeon pea, velvet bean, sorghum, and fallow.
Luís F. Stone, Enderson P. de B. Ferreira, Agostinho D. Didonet, Alexandre B. Heinemann,Jaison P. de Oliveira 2013, 'Correlação entre a produtividade do feijoeiro no sistema de produção orgânica e atributosdo solo Correlation between common bean yield under organic production and soil attributes',Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental - Agriambihttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662013000100003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The highest amount of legume dry biomass was produced by pigeon pea and sunn hemp.
Edison Martins Paulo, Ronaldo Severiano Berton, José Carlos Cavichioli, Eduardo AntonioBulisani, Francisco Seiiti Kasai 2006, 'Produtividade do cafeeiro Mundo Novo enxertado e submetido à adubação verde antese após recepa da lavoura Productivity of grafted coffee during intercropping withfive leguminous species in the western region of São Paulo State, Brazil', Bragantiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87052006000100015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Stem diameter and yield were significantly decreased by pigeon pea intercrop.
Edison Martins Paulo, Ronaldo Severiano Berton, José Carlos Cavichioli, Eduardo AntonioBulisani, Francisco Seiiti Kasai 2006, 'Produtividade do cafeeiro Mundo Novo enxertado e submetido à adubação verde antese após recepa da lavoura Productivity of grafted coffee during intercropping withfive leguminous species in the western region of São Paulo State, Brazil', Bragantiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87052006000100015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Degradation rates, except for pigeon pea, were also high in this study.
Cristina Mattos Veloso, Norberto Mario Rodriguez, Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho,Aureliano José Vieira Pires, Gerson Barreto Mourão, Lúcio Carlos Gonçalves, Ivan BarbosaMachado Sampaio 2006, 'Degradabilidade ruminal da matéria seca e da proteína bruta de folhas e folíolos deforrageiras tropicais Ruminal degradabilities of dry matter and crude protein of tropicalforages', Revista Brasileira de Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982006000200039. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Regarding productivity, higher values were obtained in treatments with pigeon pea, lupine and oat.
Ricardo Alves Cardoso, Anderson Soares Bento, Humberto Misdei Moreski, FrancielliGasparotto 2014, 'Influence of green manure in physical and biological properties of soil and productivityin the culture of soybean', Semina : Ciências Biológicas e da Saúdehttp://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/17752. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pigeon pea seeds are especially proven as invaluable source for therapeutic molecules.
Deepu Mathew, Lidiya John P., Manila T.M., Divyasree P., Sandhya Rajan V.T.K. 2017, 'Therapeutic molecules for multiple human diseases identified from pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) through GCâMS and molecular docking', Food Science and Human Wellnesshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213453017300344. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)