dolichos | (n) genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma, Syn. genus Dolichos |
dolichocephalic | (n) an adult with a long narrow head |
dolichocephalic | (adj) having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75, Syn. dolichocranial, dolichocranic, Ant. brachycephalic |
dolichocephaly | (n) the quality of being dolichocephalic, Syn. dolichocephalism |
dolichonyx | (n) bobolinks, Syn. genus Dolichonyx |
dolichotis | (n) maras, Syn. genus Dolichotis |
australian pea | (n) South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos, Syn. Dipogon lignosus, Dolichos lignosus |
bobolink | (n) migratory American songbird, Syn. reedbird, ricebird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
horse gram | (n) twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos, Syn. horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus |
hyacinth bean | (n) perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos, Syn. Egyptian bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab |
mara | (n) hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina, Syn. Dolichotis patagonum |
dolichocephalic | (n) an adult with a long narrow head |
dolichocephalic | (adj) having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75, Syn. dolichocranial, dolichocranic, Ant. brachycephalic |
dolichocephaly | (n) the quality of being dolichocephalic, Syn. dolichocephalism |
dolichonyx | (n) bobolinks, Syn. genus Dolichonyx |
dolichos | (n) genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma, Syn. genus Dolichos |
dolichotis | (n) maras, Syn. genus Dolichotis |
australian pea | (n) South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos, Syn. Dipogon lignosus, Dolichos lignosus |
bobolink | (n) migratory American songbird, Syn. reedbird, ricebird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
horse gram | (n) twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos, Syn. horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus |
hyacinth bean | (n) perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos, Syn. Egyptian bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab |
mara | (n) hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina, Syn. Dolichotis patagonum |