Definition of Dolichos

1. Noun. Genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma.

Exact synonyms: Genus Dolichos
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae

Definition of Dolichos

1. a plant with long pods [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolichos

Dogri
Dogrib
Doha
Dohle bodies
Dohle inclusions
Doidge
Dolan
Dolby
Dolbyization
Dolbyize
Dolbyized
Dolbyizing
Dolgan
Dolichonyx
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dolichos
Dolichos biflorus
Dolichos lablab
Dolichos lignosus
Dolichotis
Dolichotis patagonum
Doliolidae
Doll
Dollar Diplomacy
Dolly
Dolly Parton
Dolly Varden cake
Dolly Varden cakes
Dolly Vardens

Literary usage of Dolichos

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

1. Useful Plants of Japan Described and Illustrated by Dai Nihon Nōkai (1895)
"As they are of the same colour as the Phaseolus radiata are used in the same way. The leaves are consumed as a vegetable. 32. dolichos umbellatus, Thunb ..."

2. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia by Stephen Elliott (1824)
"the dolichos and the Phaseolus, resembling the former very much in its habit and in the legumen, the latter in the structure of the corolla, and they might ..."

3. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"dolichos LABLAB L. Common on bushes along the coast and in cultivation. Canaan. March (321). Eggers Fl 223. 441. dolichos Lablab albiflorus (de C.) ..."

4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"... (dolichos biflorus), areca-nuts, pepper, cardamoms, betel-leaves, lemons, and oranges. Except in the west, where fever prevails during the later rains ..."

5. A Text-book of materia medica: Characteristic, Analytical, and Comparative by Allen Corson Cowperthwaite (1882)
"dolichos pruriens. Natural Order. Leguminosae. ... dolichos acts upon the cerebro- spinal system, producing muscular twitchings and convulsions. ..."

6. A Text-book of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Characteristic, Analytical by Allen Corson Cowperthwaite (1909)
"Sciatica, right side; only felt when moving the limb or when sitting: better when lying perfectly quiet. Panaritium (see symptom). dolichos. Synonym. ..."

7. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The more important species are dolichos lablab, a native of India and Egypt ; dolichos lubia. a native of Egypt; dolichos sesquipedalis, a native of America ..."

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