As a Hindi name
काफल
पुं॰ [सं॰] कायफल — Śabdasāgara
काफल · noun · masculine
छोटा लाल फल — Śabdasāgara
काफल · kāphal · s.m.
A bitter seed used in medicine ( = kāʼe-phal and kaṭ-phal, qq.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 798
काफल
bayberry, kaphal
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
A bitter seed: see kaṭphala. E. kā bad, and phala fruit.
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Dictionary citations
kā-phala m. = kaṭphala, L.
kāphala m. (-laḥ) A bitter seed: see kaṭphala. E. kā bad, and phala fruit.
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