golden gram

noun

See under gram2(def 2).

Words nearby golden gram

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Definition for golden gram (2 of 2)

gram 2
[ gram ]
/ græm /

noun

(in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
any of several other beans, as the mung bean, Vigna radiata (green gram or golden gram), or the urd, V. mungo (black gram).

Origin of gram

2
1695–1705; < Portuguese grão < Latin grānum grain

British Dictionary definitions for golden gram (1 of 3)

gram 1
/ (ɡræm) /

noun

a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. It is equivalent to 15.432 grains or 0.002 205 pounds Symbol: g

Word Origin for gram

C18: from French gramme, from Late Latin gramma, from Greek: small weight, from graphein to write

British Dictionary definitions for golden gram (2 of 3)

gram 2
/ (ɡræm) /

noun

any of several leguminous plants, such as the beans Phaseolus mungo (black gram or urd) and P. aureus (green gram), whose seeds are used as food in India
the seed of any of these plants

Word Origin for gram

C18: from Portuguese gram (modern spelling grão), from Latin grānum grain

British Dictionary definitions for golden gram (3 of 3)

gram 3
/ (ɡrɑːm) /

noun

(in India) a village

Word Origin for gram

Hindi

Medical definitions for golden gram (1 of 2)

gram
[ grăm ]

n.

A metric unit of mass equal to 15.432 grains, one thousandth (10-3) of a kilogram, or 0.035 ounce.

Medical definitions for golden gram (2 of 2)

Gram
[ grăm, gräm ]
Hans Christian Joachim 1853-1938

Danish physician who developed (1884) Gram's stain as a method of distinguishing types of bacteria.

Scientific definitions for golden gram (1 of 2)

gram
[ grăm ]

A unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 0.001 kilogram or 0.035 ounce. See Table at measurement.

Scientific definitions for golden gram (2 of 2)

Gram
[ gräm, grăm ]
Hans Christian Joachim 1853-1938

Danish bacteriologist who in 1884 developed a method of staining bacteria, called Gram's stain or Gram's dye, that is used to identify and classify bacteria, often from samples of infected body fluids. The classification, called gram-negative or gram-positive, can be useful in the initial selection of antibiotics to treat the infection.

Cultural definitions for golden gram

gram

The basic unit of measurement for mass in the metric system; one cubic centimeter of water has a mass of approximately one gram.