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 Plant namegandīra
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameCayratia carnosa (Lam.) Gagnep. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Cissus carnosa Lam.
 Sanskrit namegandīra
 Hindi nameamalbel, raṃcānā, gidardrāk
 Tamil namekāṭṭuppiraṇṭai
 Malayalam nameamaṛcakkoṭi, coṛivaḷḷi, kāṭṭuperaṇṭa, vātakkoṭi
 English nameFox-grape
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 344)
gaṇḍīra, as, m. a kind of pot-herb (described as growing in watery ground, but according to some a species of cucumber), Suśr. i; iv, 4, 30; a hero, L.; (ī), f. Tithymalus antiquorum, L. (cf. gāṇḍ°)


 
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