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karanda

[ kuh-ruhn-duh ]

noun

  1. an Indian shrub or small tree, Carissa carandas, of the dogbane family, having white or pink flowers and reddish-black berries.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of karanda1

< Hindi karauṁdā < Sanskrit karamarda, karamardaka; compare Pali, Prakrit karamadda
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Example Sentences

Working a construction detail nearby, Trooper Thomas Karanda responded immediately.

Working a construction detail nearby, Trooper Thomas Karanda responded immediately.

The place was called Karanda, from a creature so named, which awoke the king just as a snake was about to bite him, and thus saved his life.

In Hardy the creature appears as a squirrel, but Eitel says that the Karanda is a bird of sweet voice, resembling a magpie, but herding in flocks; the cuculus melanoleucus.

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