මුස්සැන්ද
Sinhalese
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මුස්සැන්ද
Noun
මුස්සැන්ද • (mussænda) ?
- dhobi tree (Mussaenda frondosa L.);[1] the first Mussaenda species described by C. Linnaeus in Species Plantarum,[2] which is the origin of modern botanical nomenclature.
- Synonym: වැල් බුත්සරණ (wæl butsaraṇa)
Descendants
- Translingual: Mussaenda
References
- Clough, B. (1892) A Sinhalese-English Dictionary, Kollupitiya, Colombo: Wesleyan Mission Press, page 493
- Linnæus, Carolus (1753) Species Plantarum, volume 1, [first] edition, Holmia: Laurentius Salvius, page 177