cajan pea
- noun
- Indian
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planta de cajan
- The bright yellow flowers of the cajan pea add beauty to tropical fields.
Examples
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Farmers in India often grow cajan pea as a major source of protein.
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Many farmers grow cajan peas for their nutritional value.
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Many traditional dishes in the Caribbean use cajan pea as a main ingredient.
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The cajan pea is a staple in many tropical diets.
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Farmers in India often grow cajan pea as a major source of protein.
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Many traditional dishes in the Caribbean use cajan pea as a main ingredient.
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The bright yellow flowers of the cajan pea add beauty to tropical fields.
Synonyms
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9.9
A woody plant that grows in warm places and has bright yellow flowers and flat pods
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8.9
A tropical plant with yellow flowers and flat pods grown for edible seeds
A tropical plant with yellow flowers and flat pods that makes edible seeds like peas
A tropical shrub with yellow flowers and flat pods that gives edible seeds
A tropical shrub with yellow flowers that produces seeds eaten as food
A tropical plant grown for its small edible seeds used like peas
A tropical plant with yellow flowers that makes flat pods with edible seeds
Surface Forms
Morphology
cajan + pea
The first constituent 'cajan' is an uncommon botanical/genus term (not a transparent English word) so its contribution to meaning is not predictable; knowing only 'pea' (a small seed) does not allow a learner to infer the species-specific sense 'tropical woody plant with yellow flowers.' Because the compound is essentially a lexicalized scientific name/term rather than a compositional phrase, it would be opaque to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Cajan pea may come from the plant's local name cajan and the word pea. Farmers grew a woody tropical plant with flat pods and yellow flowers for its seeds, so the name came to mean the whole plant, also called 'pigeon pea'.