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 Latin nameCuminum cyminum L.
 FamilyApiaceae
 Identified with (Skt)jīrakā, gaurajīrakā
 Identified with (Hin)jīrā, saphed jīrā
 Identified with (Tam)cīrakam
 Identified with (Mal)jīrakam
 Identified with (Eng)Cumin
 Search occurrencejīrakā, gaurajīrakā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 370)
gaurajīraka, m. white cumin, L.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 422)
jīraka, m. n. = °raṇa, Suśr. i; iv, 5, 35; vi; VarBṛS. li, 15; (ikā), f. = jīrṇapattrikā, L.

jīraṇa, m. = jiraṇa, cumin-seed, L.


 
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