horse gram
noun
Simple meaning
A plant with edible beans, native to southern India, Macrotyloma uniflorum, grown as a minor food crop or as fodder for horses.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈhɔɹsɡˈɹæm
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
A plant with edible beans, native to southern India, Macrotyloma uniflorum (in older literature Dolichos uniflorus or Dolichos biflorus), grown as a minor food crop or as fodder for horses.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: A plant with edible beans, native to southern India, Macrotyloma uniflorum (in older literature Dolichos uniflorus or Dolichos biflorus), grown as a minor food crop or as fodder for horses.
Used this way, horse gram is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It stays understated rather than dramatic. It turns up most in literature or storytelling contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Mild
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Literature/storytelling
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