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Indian sarsaparilla

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant of species Hemidesmus indicus found in South Asia, the root of which is used as a substitute for sarsaparilla.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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  • Bengali: অনন্তমূল (onntomul) — plant of the genus Hemidesmus
  • Hindi: अनंत मूल (anant mūl) — plant of the genus Hemidesmus
  • Kannada: ಹಾಲುಬಳ್ಳಿ (hālubaḷḷi) — plant of the genus Hemidesmus
  • Malayalam: നറുനീണ്ടി (naṟunīṇṭi) — plant of the genus Hemidesmus
  • Punjabi: ਅਨੰਤਮੂਲ (anantmūl) — plant of the genus Hemidesmus
  • Sanskrit: क्षीरिणी (kṣīriṇī) — plant of the genus Hemidesmus
  • Sinhalese: ඉරමුසු (iramusu) — plant of the genus Hemidesmus
  • Tamil: நன்னாரி (naṉṉāri) — plant of the genus Hemidesmus
  • Tamil: நன்நெட்டி (naṉneṭṭi) — plant of the genus Hemidesmus
  • Telugu: సుగంధి (sugandhi) — plant of the genus Hemidesmus