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   Gram , a. [AS. gram; akin to E. grim. √35.] Angry. [Obs.]
   Havelok, the Dane.
   
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   Gram, n. [Pg. grão grain. See Grain.] (Bot.) The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
         
       

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   Gram, Gramme , n. [F. gramme, from Gr. γράμμα that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr. γράφειν to write. See Graphic.] The unit of mass or weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4.
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   Gram degree, or Gramme degree (Physics), a unit of heat, being the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water one degree centigrade. -- Gram equivalent (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal which will replace one gram of hydrogen.
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   Mung , n. [Hind. mūng.] (Bot.) Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) (Vigna radiata syn. Phaseolus aureus, syn. Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India; called also gram, mung bean, Chinese mung bean, and green-seeded mung bean. It is an erect, bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and edible pods and young sprouts.
   Balfour (Cyc. of India).
   
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