పనస
Telugu
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Breadfruit_Tree.jpg/220px-Breadfruit_Tree.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/ARS_breadfruit49.jpg/220px-ARS_breadfruit49.jpg)
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *palṇas (“jackfruit”)
Noun
పనస • (panasa) ? (plural పనసలు)
- Breadfruit tree: An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
- In the Samhita portion of the Vedas, a quantity of fifty words in general.
Derived terms
References
- "పనస" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 707