a shrub, herb, creeper or young tree; gen. characterised by the ability to carry on photosynthesis in its cells which contain chloroplasts and have cellulose in the cell wall.

a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. unbranched for some distance above the ground; a tree.

a large uncultivated area covered chiefly with naturally grown trees and shrubs and other plants; a plant.

ಗಿಡವಾಗಿ ಬಗ್ಗದ್ದು ಮರವಾಗಿ ಬಗ್ಗೀತೆ? giḍavāgi baggaddu maravāgi baggīte? (prov.) it is easy to mould a child than a grown-up person; 'you caṇt teach an old woman to dance'.

the evergreen bush Cassia auriculata of Caesalpiniaceae family, from the bark of which tannin is obtained; tanner's senna.

= ಕರಡಿಕಣ್ಣಿನ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ.

the plant Fleurya intrrupta of Urticaceae family.

any of small arthropod animals belonging to the class of Insecta, characterised, in the adult state, by division of the body into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs on the thorax, and, usu., two pairs of membranous wings, including beetles, bees, flies, wasps, and mosquitoes; an insect.

sticky unclean matter; dirt.

the plant Osbeckia zeylanica of Melastomataceae family.

the creeper bush Capparis spinosa of Capparaceae family.

the plant Capparis decidua (= C. aphylla) of Capparaceae family; caper plant.

the plant Callicarpa tomentosa ( - C. lantana) of Verbenaceae family.