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单词 pigeon pea
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Definition of pigeon pea in English:

pigeon pea

noun
  • 1An edible dark red tropical seed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Traditional rural staples are sweet potatoes, manioc, yams, corn, rice, pigeon peas, cowpeas, bread, and coffee.
    • Popular Caribbean staples include pigeon peas and rice, and ‘callaloo,’ a dish made from callaloo greens, okra, salted pork, crab, and fresh fish.
    • Peas with rice, a dietary staple, consists of dried pigeon peas and rice prepared with thyme and other spices.
    • Be sure also to try ‘pelau’ buttery pigeon peas and tasty rice and try the desserts - ‘kurma’ and ‘sawine’.
    • So it follows that where there is a pulse, there can be a dal, and in India some of the most popular are those made with pigeon peas, chickpeas, mung beans and red lentils.
  • 2The woody Old World plant which yields pigeon peas, with pods and foliage that are used as fodder.

    Cajanus cajan, family Leguminosae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The farmers in the village grew ragi, cow pea, pigeon pea, green gram, jowar, horse gram and sesame.
    • He controls diseases and pests by intercropping the aloe vera with plants such as dates, amla, melons, millet, castor, mungbean, pigeon pea, vegetables and selected medicinal plants.
    • The peanut season has passed, but the dry plant stubs remain alongside scrubby pigeon pea shrubs.
    • Sorghum and pigeon pea, for example, are grown as intercrops in drier parts of India.
    • Rotation of potato, mint, rice, wheat and pigeon pea can bring double the profit.
 
 

Definition of pigeon pea in US English:

pigeon pea

noun
  • 1An edible dark red tropical seed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Peas with rice, a dietary staple, consists of dried pigeon peas and rice prepared with thyme and other spices.
    • So it follows that where there is a pulse, there can be a dal, and in India some of the most popular are those made with pigeon peas, chickpeas, mung beans and red lentils.
    • Popular Caribbean staples include pigeon peas and rice, and ‘callaloo,’ a dish made from callaloo greens, okra, salted pork, crab, and fresh fish.
    • Be sure also to try ‘pelau’ buttery pigeon peas and tasty rice and try the desserts - ‘kurma’ and ‘sawine’.
    • Traditional rural staples are sweet potatoes, manioc, yams, corn, rice, pigeon peas, cowpeas, bread, and coffee.
  • 2The woody Old World plant which yields pigeon peas, with pods and foliage that are used as fodder.

    Cajanus cajan, family Leguminosae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rotation of potato, mint, rice, wheat and pigeon pea can bring double the profit.
    • Sorghum and pigeon pea, for example, are grown as intercrops in drier parts of India.
    • The farmers in the village grew ragi, cow pea, pigeon pea, green gram, jowar, horse gram and sesame.
    • He controls diseases and pests by intercropping the aloe vera with plants such as dates, amla, melons, millet, castor, mungbean, pigeon pea, vegetables and selected medicinal plants.
    • The peanut season has passed, but the dry plant stubs remain alongside scrubby pigeon pea shrubs.
 
 
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