kamala
Americannoun
noun
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an East Indian euphorbiaceous tree, Mallotus philippinensis
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a powder obtained from the seed capsules of this tree, used as a dye and formerly as a worm powder
Etymology
Origin of kamala
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1810–20
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Enter the brat-ified Kamala Harris: the “von dutch brat coconut tree edit featuring kamala harris,” dropped on X, auguring a vibe shift of extraordinary scale.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2024
Also appearing to back the vice president is singer Charli XCX, who posted on X: "kamala IS brat".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
“My name is pronounced ‘comma-la,’ like the punctuation mark,” Harris writes; kamala is Sanskrit for “lotus flower.”
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
Dujardin-Beaumetz advises a dose of 30 grams of castor oil in case the tænia has not been expelled 2 hours after the last dose of kamala.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
Anderson noted that a concentrated ethereal solution of kamala after a few days formed a solid crystalline mass, yellow, very soluble in ether; this substance he named rottlerin, C11H10O3.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
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