PALAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palas mean? 

• PALAS (noun)
  The noun PALAS has 1 sense:

1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye

  Familiarity information: PALAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALAS (noun)

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 ("palas" 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 ("palas" is a member of...):

Butea; genus Butea (genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak)