As a Hindi name
केन्दु · kendu · s.m.
A kind of ebony, Diospyros tomentosa — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 890
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of ebony (Diospyros embryopteris)
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Dictionary citations
kendu m. a kind of ebony (Diospyros embryopteris), L.
kendu m. (-nduḥ) 1 A sort of ebony, (Diospyros tomentosa, Rox.) E. ka the earth, inda to moisten, u aff.
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