the large bird Pavo cristatus of Phasianidae family, with a tuft on the head, with blue feathers, male of which has long, attractive tail (each feather having an eye-like spot), while the female has a relatively short tail, domesticaed as an ornamental bird; Indian peafowl or peacock.

a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or for getting butter; curds.

a kind of apparatus, made by interweaving strips of bamboo or made of metal, for winnowing; a winnow.

the tree Melanorrhoea usitata of Anacardiaceae family; black varnish tree.

to bend the fingers inwards with some force, as to produce sharp, cracking noise; to crack one's fingers.

to curse by cracking one's fingers.

= ಬೆಳವು2.

the tree Sterculia foetida of Sterculiaceae family.

its nut.

(fig.) thickly populated, situated, etc.

harsh; hard; rough.

big; large; huge.

(fig.) not interesting; boring; dull.

a plant having a strong, thick, woody main stem or trunk ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usu. developing branches at some distance from the ground; a tree.

a trunk of a tree either or not cut and prepared, useful in building houses, ships, etc.; wood; lumber or timber.

ಮರಮಟ್ಟು maramaṭṭu (pl.) trees, shrubs, and other plants; ಮರ ಹೊಡೆ mara hoḍe to draw a heave, long wood on ploughed area to level the ground; ಮರನ ಬಿಟ್ಟಿ marana biṭṭi a kind of arch. tax; ಮರದಧೂಪ marada dhūpa the tree Vateria indica ( = V. malabarica) of Dipterocarpaceae family; white dammar; ಮರಮುಂಡು mara muṇḍu = ಮರಮಟ್ಟು; ಮರದ ಜಡೆ marada jaḍe a root like extension that grows from the branch of a tree (as banyan), take root in the ground, later becomes an additional trunk; an aerial root; ಮರಗುಜ್ಜು mara gujju (fig.) the fact of being very short (in height); dwarfishness; ಮರನಾಗು maranāgu to become numb; to be temporarily deprived of sensation.

a kind of apparatus, made by interweaving strips of bamboo or made of metal, plastic, etc. for winnowing; a winnow.