Palantam, Palāntam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Palāntam (பலாந்தம்) noun < phalānta.

1. Grass family which die after fruiting once, Graminaceœ; ஒருகாற்காய்த்துப்பட்டுப்போம் பூண்டு. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [orugarkaythuppattuppom pundu. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

2. Spiny bamboo. See மூங்கில். [mungil.] (W.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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