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the planet which we are living on; the earth.
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the soft, granular or crumbly part of land; soil; earth.
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the Earth-Goddess, regarded as the Mother, as she nurtures all creatures.
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the earth as one of the basic elements.
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the plant Centrantherum anthelmenticum ( = Vernonia anthelmentica) of Asteraceae family; wild cumin.
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its black seeds; black cumin; wild cumin.
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a variety of cardamom plant Amomum subulatum of Zingiberaceae family.
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its seed or seed capsule.
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the plant Ferula assafoetida of Apiaceae family (from which asafoetida, the bad-smelling gum resin is obtained).
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(pros.) a kind of verse having seventeen syllables in each line.
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(jain.) one of the six elements.