Definition of Cajanus

1. Noun. Erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cajanus

Cainamero
Cainameros
Cairbre Nia Fer
Cairene
Cairina
Cairina moschata
Cairngorms
Cairns
Cairns mechanism
Cairo
Caitlin
Caitlyn
Caitra
Cajal's astrocyte stain
Cajal's cell
Cajanus (current term)
Cajanus cajan
Cajetan
Cajun
Cajun English
Cajun French
Cajuns
Cakchiquel
Cakile
Cakile maritima
Cal
Cal-Mex
Cal.
CalTech
Cal Tech

Literary usage of Cajanus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Subtropical Vegetable-gardening by Peter Henry Rolfs (1916)
"PIGEON PEA (Cajanus indicus) There are several varieties of this tropical legume. It may grow for several years, forming a tall woody shrub; but is perhaps ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"74° 18', E., is small but high, and visible for 24 miles. PIGEON-PEA, Cajanus indiens, is the seed of the plant called by Linnaeus Cytisus cajan, ..."

3. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1854)
"There are two species of pigeon pea growing in the West Indies, the Cajanus flavus, and Cytisus pseudo-capan Jacquin. Those two differ in the color of the ..."

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