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GLOSSARY. 



FRUIT 



HEKMAPHRODITE 



FLOWERS 



IMAGO 

 INFLORESCENCE 



The ripened ovary (see ovary, page xiv). 



Ver. " Mewa " %# or " Phal." JJ 



Ver. " Khajji " ^7^ usually applied to the date 



palm, but sometimes applied to the fruit only. 

 Ver. " Find " 5Ju a ripe date fruit. 



Ver. " Bhugrian " &\gfjv. Date fruits, especially 

 inferior ones, are sometimes plucked from the trees 

 before they begin to soften, are boiled in water to 

 which has been added some oil or " ghi " (boiled 

 butter) or milk and sometimes a little salt. They 

 can be kept for years in this state and are used at 

 festivals. Such fruits are called " Bhugri.an." In 

 other cases the fruits are boiled in water, dried and 

 smeared with oil or " ghi." Sometimes they are 

 not boiled but simply dried hard and smeared with 

 oil or " ghi." Rape or mustard oil is preferred. 

 The term is also applied to the dried fruits of the 

 " Ber " (Zizyphus Jujuba). 



Ver. " Bogh." *$> Fruits from polygamous 

 trees : also sometimes applied to any date fruit 

 with little flesh on it. 



Ver. " Chirvi " ^jj*. or " Shingastan " ^lw& Date 

 fruits which have been cut open and dried. The 

 seeds may or may not be removed in the process. 



Ver. " Dang." ^3 A fruit which in the process of 



ripening has begun to soften. 

 Ver. " Doka." ^5 A date fruit after it has changed 



from green to its distinctive colour (yellow or purple) 



but is still quite hard. 



Ver. " Gandora." \}j&$. Dates which are yet hard 



and green. 

 Ver. " Khassi "<^*o^- seedless fruits. 



Ver. " Kukk." -& A fruit which has shrivelled up 

 prematurely on the tree ; usually fed to goats : 

 sometimes made into bread by poor people. 



Both sexes in the same flower. 



The form taken in the mature stage in the life history 

 of an insect. 



In common language, the flower-cluster. It issues 

 from the spathe (see Illustrations Nos. 15 and 16, 

 pages 12a and 126). Ver. " Phulon ka khosha." 



