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Plant name	ventayam
Language	Tamil
Latin name	Trigonella foenum-graecum L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	methikā, methinī, methī
Hindi name	metī, mutti
Bengali name	methi śāk, methi
Tamil name	ventayam
Malayalam name	uluva
English name	Fenugreek, Greek hayes
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3783) 1. Fenugreek, s. sh., Trigonella faenum-graecum; 2. Fenugreek-seed

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