mogra

English

Etymology

From Hindi मोगरा (mogrā).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊɡɹə/

Noun

mogra (countable and uncountable, plural mogras)

  1. (chiefly South Asia) Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac, syn. Mogorium sambac). [from 17th c.]
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 44:
      There were strings of mogra and marigolds hanging from the frame of the bed.

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