kamalan.
/ˈkamələ/ A fine orange-coloured powder consisting of the glandular hairs from the fruit-capsules of an East Indian euphorbiaceous tree ( Mallotus philippinensis or Rottlera tinctoria), used for dyeing silks yellow, and employed as a vermifuge. Also attributive.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > other yellows
jessamy1728
kamala1820
honey-gold1850
strontian yellow1854
spiraein1868
butter colour1877
honeysuckle1881
mimosa1909
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > remedies for parasitic infections > [noun] > vermifuge or anthelminthic > plant-derived
wormseedc1503
santonica1658
worm-grass1756
filix mas1789
worm-barkc1791
cowage1801
kamala1820
wormseed oil1830
Mucuna1836
santonin1838
Corsican moss1849
kousso1851
worm-oil1855
crab-oil1858
tallicoona oil1866
kainic acid1954
1820–32 in W. Roxburgh Flora Indica
1858 Hanbury in Pharmaceut. Jrnl. & Trans. Feb.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 993/1 A red mealy powder..well known in India as Kámalá, and much used by Hindoo silk-dyers.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 444 The Kamala Tree is common in hilly districts of India.
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