तिक्तक

{ tiktaka }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

तिक्तक  mfn.  mfn. bitter, (n.) anything having a bitter flavour, [R. ii]; [Suśr.] (with सर्पिस् = °क्त-घृत, iv, 9, 9)
तिक्तक  m.  m. Terminalia Catappa, [Bhpr.]
Trichosanthes dioeca, [L.]
Agathotes Chirayta, [L.]
a sort of खदिर, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

तिक्तक [tiktaka] a.  a. Bitter.
कः The Khadira tree.
 N. N. of several plants.

Shabda-Sagara

तिक्तक  m.  ( -कः)
1. A kind of gourd, (Trichosanthes diœca, Rox.)
2. A sort of gentian, (G. cherayta.)
3. A dark sort of the Khayar or Mimosa catechu.
E. कन् added to तिक्त a bitter; alluding to the taste of these substances.

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कन् तिक्त