red gram
- noun
- /rɛd ɡræm/
- Indian
:
gramo rojo
- Farmers in India often grow red gram for both food and soil enrichment.
Examples
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After harvesting, the red gram pods are dried before removing the seeds.
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I bought some red gram at the market.
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The dish was made with red gram, tomatoes, and a blend of spices.
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The red gram plants are thriving in the garden.
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Farmers in India often grow red gram for both food and soil enrichment.
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The dish was made with red gram, tomatoes, and a blend of spices.
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After harvesting, the red gram pods are dried before removing the seeds.
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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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 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
Surface Forms
Morphology
red + gram
The noun denotes a type of legume and its meaning is directly derived from combining 'red' (the colour) with 'gram' (a pulse/legume), so the sense 'a red variety of gram/bean' is compositional. Note that 'gram' is regionally used (Indian English) for a pulse, but the colour + noun naming pattern is cross-linguistically common, making this transparent to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun red gram comes from a simple picture: the seeds of this plant are red, and gram is a common South Asian word for a small bean or pulse, so red gram means the red edible seed of the plant.