నల్లమందు
Telugu
Etymology
Compound of నల్ల (nalla, “black”) + మందు (mandu, “drug”); compare Malayalam കറുപ്പ് (kaṟuppŭ).
Noun
నల్లమందు • (nallamandu) ? (singular only)
- opium
- Synonym: అభిని (abhini)
- opium poppy, Papaver somniferum
References
- "నల్లమందు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 638
- "నల్లమందు" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 235
- నల్లమందు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)