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gram1 n (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. It is equivalent to 15.432 grains or 0.002 205 pounds. Symbol g [from French gramme, from Late Latin gramma, from Greek: small weight, from graphein to write] gram2 n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several leguminous plants, such as the beans Phaseolus mungo (black gram or urd) and P. aureus (green gram), whose seeds are used as food in India 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the seed of any of these plants [from Portuguese gram (modern spelling grão), from Latin grānum grain] gram3 n (Sociology) (in India) a village [Hindi]
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