Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tree, Sarcocephalus cordatus, belonging to the madder family, with globose heads of flowers fused together by their fleshy calyx-tubes, followed by solid fleshy, succulent fruit.
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Examples
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Eighty of these are equal to the bangkal, of which twenty make a katti.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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At Achin the bangkal of thirty pennyweights twenty-one grains, is the standard.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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