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Triticum aestivum L. details in Pandanus database of Indian plant names

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Latin name	Triticum aestivum L.
Family	Poaceae
Identified with (Lat)	Triticum sativum Lam.
Identified with (Skt)	godhūma
Identified with (Hin)	gehūṃ
Identified with (Tam)	kōtumai
Identified with (Mal)	gōtampu, kōtampu
Identified with (Eng)	Common wheat
Botanical info	A tufted annual grass, 60 - 150 cm high, widely cultivated in India, leaves very long and narrow with ligule and auricles, inflorescence a spike or 2-renked compressed spikelets, grains oblong
Search occurrence	godhūma, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 365) godhūma, m. (√ gudh Uṇ.) 'earth-smoke', wheat (generally pl.), VS. TBr. i, ŚBr. v (sg.), xii, xiv, ŚāṅkhŚr., Mn. &c.; the orange tree, L.; N. of a medicinal plant, L.; (ī), f. = -lomikā, L.; -cUrNa n. wheat-flour, L.; -ja n. a particular concrement in wheat, L.; -saMcayamaya, mfn. consisting of a heap of wheat, Hcat.; -sambhava n. sour gruel made from wheat-flour, sour paste, L. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1185) kōtumai: Wheat, Triticum vulgare

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