As a Hindi name
मूलज · noun · masculine
अदरक — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a plant growing from a r˚ (as a lotus)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
mūla—ja mfn. ‘r˚-born’, growing from a r˚, L.
formed at the roots of trees, MBh.
mūla—ja m. a plant growing from a r˚ (as a lotus), W.
mūla—ja n. green ginger, L.
mūlaja mfn. (-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) Born from a root, &c. m. (-jaḥ) A plant growing from a root, as a lotus, &c. E. mūla a root, and ja born.
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