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Bitter:--opp. to गोडा, and used of varieties among vegetables. See at large under गोडा. 2 Savage, harsh, hard to deal with: also stern, severe, unrelenting. Applied also to battles or brawls or armies or weapons in the sense of Vehement, fierce, sharp. 3 fig. Callous, hardened, dullened by habituation;--used of the body in respect to diseases, and opp. to delicate, tender, susceptible.
kaḍavā m A caste, or an individual of it, amongst Shúdras. See under कडू c. 2 A legume, bitter variety of वाल, itself a variety of पावटा. कडवा is properly adj occurring with वाल and numerous other names of vegetables; and is opp. to गोडा, whither turn for exemplification. कडवा वाल is, in some parts, called अवरा.
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