| Noun | 1. | poor man's pulse - twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichoslegume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae genus Macrotyloma, Macrotyloma - annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia; plants often placed in genus Dolichos |