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 Latin nameCoix lacryma L.
 FamilyPoaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Coix lacryma-jobi L.
 Identified with (Skt)gavedhuka
 Identified with (Hin)gurlū, śaṃkrū
 Identified with (Tam)kāṭṭukuntumaṇi
 Identified with (Mal)kāṭṭugōtampu, kākkappaḷuṅku
 Identified with (Eng)Job’s tears
 Search occurrencegavedhuka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageCoix lacryma L. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 351)
gavedhuka, m. id., Hariv. 11164; Suśr. i, 46, 1, 18; a kind of serpent, v, 4, 32; n. = gaveruka, L.; (ā), f. = °vīdh°, ŚBr. v, xiv; Sida alba, Bhpr.; = gaveśakā, L.


 
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