gram 1
/gram/ , n.
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbr.: g
Also, esp. Brit., gramme .
[ 1790-1800; gramme gramma a small weight grámma something drawn, a small weight ]
gram 2
/gram/ , n.
1. (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
2. any of several other beans, as the mung bean, Vigna radiata (green gram or golden gram) , or the urd, V. mungo (black gram) .
[ 1695-1705;
grão gran um GRAIN ]