= ಕುಂಕುಮಕೇಸರಿ.

the tree Mallotus philippensis (= Rottlera tinctoria) of Euphorbiaceae family; scarlet croton.

a bright-red or slightly orange powder applied by women (other than widows) on their foreheads, as an auspicious sign and also used in worshipping a deity; vermilion powder.

a disease that reduces the grains of wheat into red coloured powder.

(fig.) the fortune of a woman of applying the saffron powder on her forehead as a sign of her husband being alive, considered as the most auspicious thing by the Hindu women.

a person who is the pride of the society.

ಕುಂಕುಮ ಹಚ್ಚು kuŋkuma haccu to apply saffron powder on the forehead; 2. (fig.) to bind (a girl) by a promise of marriage.