bindi

Meanings

1. The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of Hindu women.
2. Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.

1. The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
2. A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet.
3. Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
4. Any of various plants of the genus Sclerolaena.

1. Alternative form of bhindi (“okra”).

1. A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
2. A female given name.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बिंदी (bindī).