কৃষ্ণচূড়া

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Bengali

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কৃষ্ণচূড়া (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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কৃষ্ণ (kriśnô, Krishna) +‎ চূড়া (cuṛa, summit);[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɾiʃnot͡ʃuɽa/, /kɾiʃnõt͡ʃuɽa/

Noun

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কৃষ্ণচূড়া (kriśnôcuṛa)

  1. dwarf poinciana (Caesalpinia pulcherrima,[1] syn. Poinciana pulcherrima[2]); originally from Southeastern Mexico to Central America and introduced into Bangladesh and India.[3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “কৃষ্ণচূড়া”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 564
  2. 2.0 2.1 Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “কৃষ্ণচুড়া”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 784
  3. ^ POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1164658-2 Retrieved 16 February 2023."