the plant Eriolaena candollei of Sterculiaceae family.

another plant of the same family, Eriolaena quinquelocularis.

= ಕಟ್ಟಳೆ1.

a huge rock in a river that splits the water flowing down.

the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses; sea.

ಕಡಲ ತರಕಾರಿ kaḍala tarakāri any sea fish that can be used as food; ಕಡಲ ಮಗಳು kaḍala magaḷu = ಕಡಲಣುಗಿ; ಕಡಲೊಳ್ ಪಟ್ಟಂ kaḍaloḷ paṭṭam Viṣṇu, whose couch is on the sea.

the tree Anthocephalus indicus (= A. cadamba, = Nauclea cadamba) of Rubiaceae family; cadamba tree.

a prescribed rule; an authoritative direction; the act of prescribing a rule; a regulating or regulation.

a prescribed service (as to a temple, religious teachers, monks, etc.).

= ಕಡಲ್2.

(dial.) a kind of fish.

the annual plant Cicer arientinum of Papilonaceae.

its pea; Bengal gram.

ಕಡಲೆ ಸಂಗಡ ರಾಗಿ ಹುರಿದ ಹಾಗೆ kaḍale sangaḍa rāgi hurida hāge (proverbial simile) it is like trying to bring two persons of heterogeneous character, differing completely with each other, for a common cause; ಕಡಲೆ ತಿಂದು ಕೈ ತೊಳೆದಹಾಗೆ kaḍale tindu kai toḷedahāge (simile) completing of a work neatly and without any hassle; ಕಡಲೆಗೆ ಮುಂದು, ಕಡಿವಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಹಿಂದು kaḍalege mundu, kaḍiv āṇakke hindu (said of a person who comes forward for availing the benefits but not for the labour; let somebody work, but let the benefits be mine; ಕಡಲೆಗೆ ಬಾಯಿತೆರೆದು, ಕಡಿವಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಬಾಯಿ ಮುಚ್ಚಿದರೆಆದೀತೆ? kaḍalege bāyiteredu kaḍiv āṇakke bāyi muccidare ādīte? (prov.) till the land if you want to reap the crop; ಕಡಲೆಯಿದ್ದಾಗ ಹಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ kaḍaleyiddāga hallilla one gets wealth and resources when he he cannot enjoy them, like getting a comb when one is bald.

having a hump (like a bull); humped.

= ಗಡುರ.