catjang pea
- noun
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guisante catjang
- The catjang pea is valued both as a food crop and for improving soil fertility.
Examples
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The catjang pea is a popular crop in many tropical countries.
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Farmers in tropical regions often plant catjang peas to enrich their fields.
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A dish made from catjang pea seeds is rich in protein and nutrients.
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Farmers in Africa grow catjang peas for their nutritious seeds.
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A dish made from catjang pea seeds is rich in protein and nutrients.
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The catjang pea is valued both as a food crop and for improving soil fertility.
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Farmers in Africa grow catjang peas for their nutritious seeds.
Synonyms
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A woody plant that grows in warm places and has bright yellow flowers and flat pods
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A tropical plant with yellow flowers and flat pods grown for edible seeds
A tropical shrub with yellow flowers that produces seeds eaten as food
A tropical shrub with yellow flowers and flat pods that gives edible seeds
A tropical plant with hard stems and yellow flowers that has flat pods of edible seeds
A tropical plant with yellow flowers and flat pods that makes edible seeds like peas
A tropical plant grown for its small edible seeds used like peas
Surface Forms
Morphology
catjang + pea
The head 'pea' clearly signals a legume and the compound follows a straightforward type-of pattern (X pea = a variety of pea), so part of the meaning is compositionally recoverable. However, 'catjang' is an obscure/borrowed lexical item in English (not productive or semantically transparent to typical learners), so the exact botanical referent and properties are not predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Catjang pea may come from the Malay word 'kacang', which simply means 'bean'. The name joins catjang (the local word for bean) and pea to show it is an edible, pod-bearing legume, so thinking 'bean pea' helps you remember it is a small plant grown for its seeds.