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that which is enjoyable, delightful.
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any drink that is delicious and wholesome.
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any of or all of the six principal tastes.
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an eatable prepared by mixing sliced banana, jaggery, cardamom seeds (or its powder), etc.
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a branch of chemistry in the Middle Ages, concerned with changing base metals into gold; alchemy.
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the more or less acidulous liquid remaining after butter has been separated from curds; butter-milk.
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a substance consumption of which (even in small quantity) results in death or serious damage to living organisms; a poison.
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the vine Piper cubeba ( = Cubeba officinalis) of Piperaceae family.
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its berry; Chinese pepper.
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a kind of medicinal preparation.
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Garuḍa, the mythological bird and the vehicle of Viṣṇu.
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the plant Embelia ribes of Myrsinaceae family, used as a worm killer.
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the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter; chemistry.