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karakas

karakas is the plural of karaka.

Meaning of karaka

Noun (1)

karaka (plural karakas)

  1. (New Zealand) An evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, bearing fruits with a kernel that can be eaten after extensive roasting and washing.
    • For years the karaka tree had scraped and banged in the wind against the bit of our iron fence that still stood […].1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 102

Noun (2)

karaka (plural karakas)

  1. (Vedic) A significator.

Questions about karakas

What is karakas the plural of?
Karakas is the plural of karaka.

Words near karakas in the dictionary

  1. Karak syndrome
  2. karaka
  3. Karakalpak
  4. Karakalpaks
  5. Karakalpakstan
  6. karakas
  7. Karakash
  8. Karakasheva
  9. Karakashian
  10. Karakashians
  11. Karakashyan

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