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jequirity

jequirity noun: abrus precatorius, a legume native to Indonesia with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves, whose toxic seeds ("jequirity beans") may be used as beads or in percussion instruments.

jequirity: abrus precatorius, a legume native to Indonesia with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves, whose toxic...
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Noun

jequirity (uncountable)

  1. Abrus precatorius, a legume native to Indonesia with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves, whose toxic seeds ("jequirity beans") may be used as beads or in percussion instruments.

jequirity meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Sanskrit

jequirity in Tamil

Abrus precatorius
குன்றிமணி kuṉṟimaṇi

jequirity in Bengali

Abrus precatorius
কুঁচ গাছ kũc gach, কৃষ্ণলা kriśnôla, গুঞ্জা gunja, রক্তিকা roktika

jequirity in Malayalam

Abrus precatorius
കുന്നി kunni

jequirity in Sanskrit

Abrus precatorius
कुञ्चिका kuñcikā
More languagesFewer languages
jequirity in Arabic
عَيْن الدِيك ʕayn ad-dīk, عَيْن الْجِنّ ʕayn al-jinn, عَيْن الْعِفْرِيت ʕayn al-ʕifrīt, شَشَم šašam
jequirity in Malay
saga
jequirity in Indonesian
saga
jequirity in Myanmar
ချင်ရွေး hkyang-rwe:, ရွေး rwe:, ရွေးကလေး rwe:ka.le:

Synonyms of jequirity

Origin of jequirity

From French jéqwirity, from Tupi-Guarani jekirití. Alternatively, from Portuguese jequiriti, jequirití, perhaps of Indic origin; akin to Hindi रत्ती (rattī, “ratti”).

Phrases with jequirity

Questions about jequirity

What does jequirity mean?
Jequirity means abrus precatorius, a legume native to Indonesia with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves, whose toxic seeds ("jequirity beans") may be used as beads or in percussion instruments.
What is jequirity in Tamil?
Jequirity in Tamil is குன்றிமணி (kuṉṟimaṇi). See Jequirity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is jequirity?
Jequirity is a noun.

Words near jequirity in the dictionary

  1. Jepson
  2. Jepson claim
  3. Jepson claims
  4. Jepsons
  5. jequerity
  6. jequirity
  7. jequirity bean
  8. jequirity beans
  9. jer
  10. jer falcon
  11. jer falcons

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