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Plant name	snuhī
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Euphorbia neriifolia L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	snuhī, sehuṇḍa
Hindi name	sehuṇḍ, thuhar
Tamil name	ilaikkaḷḷi
Malayalam name	ilakkaḷḷi, kaḷḷi
English name	Common milk hedge
Search occurrence	snuhī, sehuṇḍa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1268) snuh 2, mfn. (nom. snuk or snuT) vomiting, one who vomits MW.; f. a kind of spurge, Euphorbia Antiquorum (its milky juice is used as an emetic &c.; it has 17 synonyms cf. sIhuNDa &c.), Car., Suśr. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1268) snuhā and snuhi, f. id., Hcar., snuhī, f. id., Suśr.

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