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kadupul

kadupul noun: epiphyllum strictum or Epiphyllum selenicereus, a flower that blooms at night, believed to have an association with the nāga world.

kadupul: epiphyllum strictum or Epiphyllum selenicereus, a flower that blooms at night, believed to have an...
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Noun (1)

kadupul (plural kadupuls)

  1. (attributive) Epiphyllum strictum or Epiphyllum selenicereus, a flower that blooms at night, believed to have an association with the nāga world.
    • Ten sons, and all dear to the hearts of the people; and the little princesses Anula and Sivali who filled the women's quarters with their laughter and romped the pleasure parks with smiles as bright as the kadupul flowers which, the Nagas say, are the glorious lilies that bloom only in the serpent...1997, Carl Muller, Children Of The Lion, →ISBN, page 373
    • It's made from the kadupul flower. The kadupul blooms once a year under the cover of night and withers away before dawn, making it the rarest and most exquisite botanical on the planet.2015, Karri Thompson, Ascendancy, →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: Kadupul

Kadupul (plural Kadupuls)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of kadupul.
    • The Kadupul (sword flower) belongs to the world of Nagas and the parasatu to the world of gods.1990, Nandadeva Wijesekera, The Sinhalese, page 397
    • Kadupul flower (believed to originate in the Nagaland) blooms in the evening, completing the circle by midnight and begins the downward process culminating in the early hours of dawn.1996, Rohana Ulluwishewa, Hemanthi Ranasinghe, Anura Vidanapatirana, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development, →ISBN

Forms of kadupul

pluralkadupuls
alternative formKadupul
pluralKadupuls

Origin of kadupul

From Sinhalese කඩුපුල් (kaḍupul).

Questions about kadupul

What does kadupul mean?
Kadupul means epiphyllum strictum or Epiphyllum selenicereus, a flower that blooms at night, believed to have an association with the nāga world.
What part of speech is kadupul?
Kadupul is a noun.
What is the plural of kadupul?
The plural of kadupul is kadupuls.

Words near kadupul in the dictionary

  1. Kadrmas
  2. Kadrmases
  3. kadsurenone
  4. Kadu
  5. Kaduna
  6. kadupul
  7. kadupuls
  8. kady
  9. Kadyivka
  10. kadyrelite
  11. kadyrelites

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