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

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Dolichos or Dolichus ( Greek : , English translation : "long race") in the ancient Olympic Games was a long-race (ca. 4800 m) introduced in 720 BC. Separate accounts of the race present conflicting evidence as to the actual length of the dolichos. However, ...

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Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. Peas or Pease . [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. ?, ?. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. Pease .] (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum , of many varieties, ...