KALI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kali mean? 

• KALI (noun)
  The noun KALI has 2 senses:

1. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

2. wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi

  Familiarity information: KALI used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KALI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

barilla; glasswort; kali; kelpwort; Salsola kali; Salsola soda; saltwort

Hypernyms ("kali" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

the black

Instance hypernyms:

Hindu deity (a deity worshipped by the Hindus)