noun
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the active principle of burning; fire.
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Agni, the Fire-God.
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the plant Plumbago zeylanica of Plumbaginaceae family.
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any of the drafting animals, as ox, horse, etc.
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the digesting faculty in the body.
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the clear digestive fluid produced by glands in the mucous membrane lining the stomach which contains enzymes and hydrochloric acid and has a pH of about. 2.0; the gastric juice.
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the process of digestion of foods in the body.
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(math.) a symbol for the number three.
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(pros.) a metrical foot having three syllables, of which the first and third being long, the middle one being short (-u-).
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(jain.) a deity of the class of lōkāntika.