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Gossypium herbaceum L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Gossypium herbaceum L.
Family	Malvaceae
Identified with (Skt)	karpāsa, kārpāsī
Identified with (Hin)	kapās, rūyī
Identified with (Tam)	karpacam, pañcu
Identified with (Mal)	parutti, nūlpparutti, kurupparutti, paññipparutti
Identified with (Eng)	Common cotton, Indian cotton
Botanical info	A small shrub, 60 cm - 2,5 m high, growing throughout India, leaves alternate, lobes broad, ovate, rotund, leathery, flowers yellow with purple centre, fruits rounded beaked capsules, seeds with two coats of hairs, white grey or reddish brown
Search occurrence	karpāsa, kārpāsī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 258) karpāsa as, ī, am mf. n. the cotton tree, cotton, Gossypium Herbaceum, Suśr.; [cf. Gk. ......; &80412[258,1] Lat. carbasus.] Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 276) kārpāsa, mf(ī, L.)n. (fr. karpAsa; g. bilvādi), made of cotton, cottony ĀśvŚr. Lāṭy., Mn. &c. [276,1]; (as, am), m. n. cotton, cotton cloth, &c., Mn., MBh. &c.; paper, W.; (ī), f. the cotton plant, Suśr. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 908) kāṟpācam: Indian cotton plant Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2417) pañcu: 01 1. Cotton; 2. Cloth; 3. Wick; 4. Indian cotton-plant; 5. Down of pūḷai ; 6. A technical term, used, in dice-play 02 To exhibit one's poverty

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