GLOSSARY. 



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KAMAND 

 KAMB 

 KANTA 

 KHAJJI 



KHAR-KHARA 

 KHARAK 



KHASSI FIND S 



KHORI & 



KUKK 



LAG WIN er 

 LAKRA \j 

 LARAH \j) 

 MADAH 



MAUND OR MAN 

 MUNDH 



NAKHLISTAN 

 NAR y . . 

 PAND *ta 

 PAR Jb 

 PARCHA 



PATTA OR PATTAR 



PATTON KI CHHATRI 



J?HARA t>J 

 M, DP 



A rope used in ascending a date tree. 



Leaf stalk. 



Thorn. 



Usually applied to the date palm, but sometimes to 



the fruit only. " Khajion ka bagh." lj K <*tj*x^ 



A date grove. 



A cluster of fine roots. 

 See Bhugrian. 



From khassi -castrated. A date tree which habitually 

 bears seedless dates. 



Seedless fruits. They are developed from unfertilised 

 carpels. 



Portion of curing yard used for storing cured dates 

 temporarily. It is usually raised a few inches 

 higher than the rest of the curing yard. 



Date fruits which have shrivelled up prematurely on 

 the tree. They are usually fed to goats, etc., and 

 sometimes made into bread by poor people. 



A tree grown from an off-shoot. 



The main axis of the leaf. 



Stem. 



A female tree. 



82 Ibs. 



Basal portion of the tree left in the ground when the 

 stem is cut away, i.e., the tree stump. 



A date grove. 



Male tree. 



Upper portion of the stem. 



Root. 



Large mat used for spreading dates on during the 

 curing process. 



Leaflet. 



The whole collection of leaves on the tree top. 

 See Bhutra. 



