Dolichos (dolikos)

[NL., named from the length of the pod, lated to the common bean, Phaseolus, natives of tropical th and temperate regions of Asia, Africa, and Australia, with a few species in South America. Several species are extensively cultivated for food in warm regions, especially D. Lablab, often called the Egyptian or black bean; D. Sinensis, or China bean; and D. bi flor us, the horse-gram of the East Indies. D. sesquipe dalis is the asparagus-bean of gardens, a native of South Dolichos a uri a (dol i-kō-sari-ä), n. pl. [NL., America. terized by the great number of the cervical vertebræ (seventeen in the typical genus, Dolichosaurus ) and the extremely slender elongated body. They po e limbs, and a sacrum composed of two vertebræ. Dolichosaurus (dol i-kō-sa'rus), n. [NL., Gr. δολιχός, long, + σαῦρος, a lizard.] The typical genus of Dolichos a uri a. A very singular Lacertilian found in the chalk, and resembling an eel in size and form, has been described by Profe or Owen, under the name of Dolichosaurus . Huxley, Anat. Vert., p. 197.