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Plant name	bheṇḍā
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench - please click to view full record
Latin name (synonyms)	Hibiscus esculentus L.
Sanskrit name	bheṇḍā
Hindi name	bhiṇḍī
Tamil name	veṇṭai
Malayalam name	veṇṭa
English name	Lady’s fingers, Okra
Search occurrence	bheṇḍā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 766) bheṇḍā, -ḍī f. and -ḍītaka m. Abelmoschus Esculentus, L. (bheṇḍā also "lotus-seed" ib.)

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