the climbing asparagus Asparagus racemosus of Liliaceae family, with fleshy roots and fine fern-like leaves; common asparagus.

a band, collar or piece of rope binding the yoke to the neck of an ox.

a chart depicting the position of the planets and stars with relation to one another at the time of a person's birth, regarded in astrology as determining one's destiny; a horoscope.

any treatise on astrology.

a man in relation to the zodiac sign of his birth.

a collection of fables, many concerning the former lives of the Gautama Buddha.

a good-looking, handsome man.

a beautiful, charming girl or woman.

the act of deceiving; an instance of deceiving or being deceived; deception; cheating; fraud.

coaxing, cheating words or speech.

a man who cheats; a cheat; a fraud; a deceiver.

the moon.

a soft, brown, lumpy gum resin having a bitter, acrid taste and an obnoxious odour, obtained from the roots of the plant Ferula asafoetida of Umbelliferae family, used in medicine and seasoning or flavouring of foods; Asafoetida.

any mouse-like nocturnal mammal of the order Chiroptera, capable of flight by means of membranous wings extending from its forelimbs; a bat.

the male of the bird Cuculus melanoleucus, fabled to live only upon rain drops.

a band, collar or piece of rope binding the yoke to the neck of an ox.