karanda

American

[kuh-ruhn-duh] / kəˈrʌn də /

noun

an Indian shrub or small tree, Carissa carandas, of the dogbane family, having white or pink flowers and reddish-black berries.

Etymology

Origin of karanda

< Hindi karauṁdā < Sanskrit karamarda, karamardaka; compare Pali, Prakrit karamadda

Example Sentences

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The place was called Karanda, from a creature so named, which awoke the king just as a snake was about to bite him, and thus saved his life.

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In Hardy the creature appears as a squirrel, but Eitel says that the Karanda is a bird of sweet voice, resembling a magpie, but herding in flocks; the cuculus melanoleucus.

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