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DAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dak mean?
• DAK (noun)
The noun DAK has 1 sense:
1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
Familiarity information: DAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Butea frondosa; Butea monosperma; dak; dhak; palas
Hypernyms ("dak" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("dak" is a member of...):
Butea; genus Butea (genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak)
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