[gram] 
| a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g |
[gram] | 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). |
[grahm] | (in the Volsunga Saga) the sword of Sigmund, broken by Odin, repaired by Regin, and used again by Sigurd in killing Fafnir. |
| a combining form extracted from telegram, used in the formation of compound words that have the general sense “message, bulletin”: culturegram; electiongram; prophecy-gram. |
[muhng] | 1. | a plant, Vigna radiata, of the legume family, cultivated for its edible seeds, pods, and young sprouts. |
| 2. | the seed or pod of this plant. |
g, var. of mūg; cf. Pali, Prakrit mugga, Skt mudga [oord, urd] | a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage. |
| gram 1 (grām) n. Abbr. g or gm. or gr. A metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a kilogram. See Table at measurement. [French gramme, from Late Latin gramma, a small weight, from Greek, something written, small weight; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.] |
| gram 2 (grām) n.
[Obsolete Portuguese, from Latin grānum, seed; see g  ə-no- in Indo-European roots.] |
| gram 3 (grām) n. Informal A grandmother. [Shortening and alteration of gramma1 or grandmother.] |
The basic unit of measurement for mass in the metric system; one cubic centimeter of water has a mass of approximately one gram.
gram (grām)
n.
Abbr. g, gm., gr.
A metric unit of mass equal to 15.432 grains, one thousandth (10-3) of a kilogram, or 0.035 ounce.
Gram (grām, gräm), Hans Christian Joachim. 1853-1938.
Danish physician who developed (1884) Gram's stain as a method of distinguishing types of bacteria.
-gram suff.
Something written or drawn; a record: cardiogram.
