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 Latin nameCyperus esculentus L.
 FamilyCyperaceae
 Identified with (Skt)bhadramustā, nāgaramustaka
 Identified with (Hin)cicoḍā, cicāḍā
 Identified with (Mal)kaḻimuttaṅṅa
 Identified with (Eng)Chufa, Rush nut, Tiger nut, Earth almond
 Search occurrencebhadramustā, nāgaramustaka, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageCyperus esculentus L. in Google image search
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 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 746)
bhadramustā, f. (L.) a kind of Cyperus (only ifc.)

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 534)
nāgaramustā, f. a species of Cyperus grass, L.; °taka, n. its grain Bhpr.


 
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