මුස්සැන්ද

Sinhalese

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මුස්සැන්ද

Noun

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මුස්සැන්ද (mussænda)

  1. dhobi tree (Mussaenda frondosa L.);[1] the first Mussaenda species described by C. Linnaeus in Species Plantarum,[2] which is the origin of modern botanical nomenclature.
    Synonym: වැල් බුත්සරණ (wæl butsaraṇa)

Descendants

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  • Translingual: Mussaenda

References

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  1. ^ Clough, B. (1892) A Sinhalese-English Dictionary[1], Kollupitiya, Colombo: Wesleyan Mission Press, page 493
  2. ^ Linnæus, Carolus (1753) Species Plantarum[2], [first] edition, volume 1, Holmia: Laurentius Salvius, page 177