portia

See also: Portia

English

Etymology

Corruption of Tamil பூவரசு (pūvaracu, literally “flower-king”), from பூ (pū, “flower”) + அரசு (aracu, “peepul tree”).

Noun

portia (plural portias)

1. Thespesia populnea, a flowering plant of the mallow family, found especially in parts of India.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “portia”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 727.