the plant Eclipta prostrata ( = E. alba) of Asteraceae family; weed-ham.

the adult male of cattle; an ox; a bull.

any of a number of oligochaetous worms that burrow in the soil, esp. any of a genus (Lumbricus) very important in aerating and fertilising the soil; an earthworm.

(myth.) name of a sage.

the climber Grewia orientalis of Tiliaceae plant.

a contagious skin disease with severe itching and red papules, caused by the itch mite; scabies.

a beggar's alms-vessel.

pellets of frozen rain falling in showers from cumulonimbus clouds; hail.

a water-jar.

a festival observed on the full moon-day of the 12th month of a lunar year, in which a man, dressed as a woman runs on the roads carrying on his head jars filled with water without holdig them.

a folk dance prevailing in some parts of Tamiḷ Nāḍu and Kēraḷa.

ಕರಗದಮ್ಮ karagadamma a female deity of ಕರಗ.

a man of black complexion.

that which is burnt to charcoal.

a black paste made by burning the dried skin of plantain fruit, with water, used to have a sectarian mark on the forehead with.

(dial.) the black crust which forms at the bottom of a cooking pot or a frying pan.

a woman of black complexion.

to be or become charred with excess heat or by burning.