Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, natural order Leguminosæ, found throughout the tropics of both hemispheres.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers
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The juice of the roots of the madayantaka plant, the yellow amaranth, the anjanika plant, the clitoria ternateea, and the shlakshnaparin plant, used as a lotion, will make the hair grow.
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The juice of the roots of the madayantaka plant, the yellow amaranth, the anjanika plant, the clitoria ternateea, and the shlakshnaparni plant, used as a lotion, will make the hair grow.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From The Sanscrit In Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Vatsyayana 1855
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September 8, 2022