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See also: Portia
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Corruption of Tamil பூவரசு (pūvaracu, literally “flower-king”), from பூ (pū, “flower”) + அரசு (aracu, “peepul tree”).
Noun[edit]
portia (plural portias)
- Thespesia populnea, a flowering plant of the mallow family, found especially in parts of India.
References[edit]
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “portia”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 727.