గచ్చకాయ
Telugu
Alternative forms
గౘ్చకాయ (gaĉcakāya)
Etymology
From గచ్చ (gacca) + కాయ (kāya).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡat͡ɕːakaːja/, [ɡat͡ʃːakaːja]
Noun
గచ్చకాయ • (gaccakāya) ? (plural గచ్చకాయలు)
- the fruit of Caesalpinia bonduc (Ainslie); the fever nut, physic nut, nickernut
- the slate gray color of said fruit
References
- గచ్చకాయ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- "గచ్చకాయ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 350