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1. ankus, n. View full entry 1886
...In India, an elephant-goad. Also attrib....
2. bhoosa, n. View full entry 1829
...Husks and broken straw, used as food for cattle. Also attrib....
3. chamar, n. View full entry 1858
...A member of an exterior Hindu caste whose occupation is leather-working; a worker in leather, a tanner, shoemaker. Also, in northern and central India, an agricultural labourer....
4. champac, n. View full entry c1770
...The Indian tree Michelia Champaca, a species of magnolia bearing orange-coloured highly fragrant flowers....
5. chatta, n. View full entry 1796
...An umbrella (in India)....
6. chena, n. View full entry 1832
...A form of shifting cultivation in Sri Lanka. Also, the shrubby vegetation produced by such cultivation or a piece of land used for this....
7. dhaman, n. View full entry 1878
...The rat-snake, Ptyas mucosus....
8. golah, n. View full entry 1771
...A store-house for grain, salt, etc....
9. gopi, n. View full entry 1880
...(See quot. 1962.)...
10. guar, n. View full entry 1882
...An Indian plant, Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (psoralioides), of the family Leguminosæ, which tolerates drought and is grown as a vegetable, fodder crop, and green manure, and as a source...
11. gynee, n. View full entry 1829
...One of a small variety of Indian cattle....
12. khet, n. View full entry 1878
...In India, a tract of cultivated land....
13. kisan, n. View full entry 1935
...In India, a peasant, an agricultural worker....
14. mali, n.1 View full entry 1759
...In South Asia: a member of a caste whose traditional occupation is gardening; any non-European gardener....
15. mamoty, n. View full entry 1782
...A hand tool for digging, shaped like a hoe with the blade at an acute angle to the handle, used mainly in S. Asia....
16. mogra, n. View full entry 1662
...Esp. in South Asia: Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac. Freq. attrib. Cf. pikake, sampaguita...
17. padma, n. View full entry 1799
...The sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera; the flower of this plant. Also: an emblematic representation of the flower....
18. pashm, n. View full entry 1843
...The soft underfur of Tibetan goats (of which cashmere represents a particularly fine type), often used as a material for garments, esp. shawls. Cf. pashmina...
19. pashmina, n. and adj. View full entry 1850
...A superior type of cashmere fabric made from pashm (or a blend of pashm and silk) and usually woven in South Asia. Also (occas.): the soft goat's hair from which this fabric...
20. pinjrapol, n. View full entry 1808
...In South Asia: an enclosure or reserve where old or sick animals are kept....
