పనస

Telugu

Artocarpus altilis

Fruit of Artocarpus altilis

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *palacV (“jackfruit”).

Noun

పనస • (panasa) ? (plural పనసలు)

Breadfruit tree: An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
In the Samhita portion of the Vedas, a quantity of fifty words in general.

Derived terms

పనసచెట్టు (panasaceṭṭu)
పనసతొన (panasatona)
పనసపండు (panasapaṇḍu)

References

"పనస" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 707

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