কৃষ্ণচূড়া

Bengali
কৃষ্ণচূড়া (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)

Alternative forms
  • (dialectal) কেষ্টচুঁড়ো (keśṭôcũṛo)[1]

Etymology

কৃষ্ণ (kriśnô, “Krishna”) +‎ চূড়া (cuṛa, “summit”);[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɾiʃnot͡ʃuɽa/, /kɾiʃnõt͡ʃuɽa/

Noun

কৃষ্ণচূড়া • (kriśnôcuṛa)

  1. dwarf poinciana (Caesalpinia pulcherrima,[1] syn. Poinciana pulcherrima[2]); originally from Southeastern Mexico to Central America and introduced into Bangladesh and India.[3]

References
  1. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “কৃষ্ণচূড়া”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 564
  2. Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “কৃষ্ণচুড়া”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 784
  3. POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1164658-2 Retrieved 16 February 2023."
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