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‖ palay|pəˈleɪ|
Also pala.
[Tamil palay.]
Name of two East Indian shrubs or trees with milky juice; a. Cryptostegia grandiflora (family Asclepiadaceæ), which yields a flax-like fibre and a kind of caoutchouc; b. Wrightia tinctoria (family Apocynaceæ), which yields an inferior kind of indigo (pala indigo).
1866Treas. Bot. 836 Palay, an Indian name for Cryptostegia grandiflora. Ibid. 1237 An inferior kind of indigo, prepared from the leaves of W[rightia] tinctoria in some parts of Southern India, is called Pala Indigo, from Pala or Palay, the Tamil name for this and some allied milky trees. The wood of the Palay is beautifully white, close-grained, and ivory-like, and is commonly used..for making toys. |