noun
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the period from the sunset to the sunrise; night.
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one of several names of Durge.
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the powder made from the aromatic rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa, used as a dye or in seasoning foods; turmeric powder.
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a resinous substance secreted by the scale insect Laccifer lacca, that lives on certain fig, soapberry and acacia trees; lac.
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(fig.) an illusion or that which causes illusion.