English Explanatory Dictionary

kadam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.
noun
  1. A unit of distance, equal to 10 miles.

Word forms

kadam kadams cadamba kadamba kadamb

Etymology

Cf. Bengali কদম (kodom), corruption of Sanskrit कदम्ब (kadamba). Ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *kaṭ-ampu (“Neolamarckia cadamba”).

Synonyms

burflower-tree common bur-flower tree laran Leichhardt pine
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