‖ Dolichos Bot.
(ˈdɒlɪkəs)
[mod.L., a. Gr. δολιχός long: named in reference to the length of the pods. Cf. F. dolic.]
A genus of leguminous plants allied to the Haricot, widely distributed through Asia, Africa, and America.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Dolichos, in Botany, the name of a genus of plants of the papilionaceous kind. 1775 Romans Hist. Florida 130 A species of Dolichos lately introduced into Georgia from China. 1890 Golden South 198 Fences covered with dolichos, maurandia, and hoya. |