a short, hollow bamboo, closed at one end (naturally so, when cut at a knotty joint), used to pour medicine, liquid food, etc. into the throat of cattle.

the stone-like seed of certain fruits, as of a mango; a stone; a seedpod.

a seed in gen.

a relatively thin, flat piece of a metal or stone.

the shrub Ziziphus xylopyrus of Rhamnaceae family.

its edible fruit.

that which cannot produce offspring; a barren female (as a sterile woman, animal or plant).

that which is ineffectual, not producing the desired effect.

a shed for sheltering cattle and other livestock; a cattle-shed.

the place where one normally resides.

a division of a state gen. made for the purpose of administrative convenience; a district.

the point toward which something faces or the line along which something moves or lies; a direction.

any of the directions (as pointed by the compass).

the narrow inside space made by two walls of a building joined together forming an angle; a corner.

the border of a garment or piece of cloth made by folding the edge and sewing it down; hem.

absence of heat or lack of normal warmth; a low temperature; coldness.

a tall, thick wall enclosing a place, building for military defence, usu. equipped as with earthworks, guns, etc.

a progressive infectious disease caused by a bacterium (Mycobacterium leprae) that attacks the skin, flesh, nerves, etc, characterised by nodules, ulcers, white scaly scabs, deformities, and the eventual loss of sensation; leprosy.

any of various contagious skin diseases caused by related varieties of fungus and characterised by itching and the formation of ring-shaped, discoloured patches covered with scales or vesicles; ringworm.

the plant Costus speciosus of Zingiberaceae family; mountain sweet flag.