gingelly
gingelly noun: the sesame plant.
Noun
gingelly (countable and uncountable, plural gingellies)
- The sesame plant.
- An experiment was carried out to study the effect of paper mill effluent on germination and growth behaviour of crops like maize, groundnut, sunflower, soyabean, black gram, green gram, gingelly [sesame] and castor beans in Tamil Nadu, India [date not given].2000, P Dhevagi, G Oblisami, “Effect of paper mill effluent on germination of agricultural crops.”, in Journal of Ecobiology, volume 12, number 4
- The surfactant showed comparatively high emulsification index over Gingelly oil at the rate of 71%.2012, CR Suresh Chander, T Lohitnathm DJ Mukesh Kumar, PT Kalaichelvan, “Production and characterization of biosurfactant from Bacillus subtilis MTCC441 and its evaluation to use as bioemulsifier for...
gingelly meaning in Tamil
Forms of gingelly
| plural | gingellies |
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Origin of gingelly
From Hindi [Term?] or Marathi [Term?], ultimately from Arabic جِلْجِلَان (jiljilān).
Questions about gingelly
- What does gingelly mean?
- Gingelly means the sesame plant.
- What is gingelly in Tamil?
- Gingelly in Tamil is எள். See Gingelly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gingelly?
- Gingelly is a noun.
- What is the plural of gingelly?
- The plural of gingelly is gingellies.
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