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The correct spelling is bindis.

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noun

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The correct spelling is bindis. The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of married Hindu women.

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  1. 1.The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of married Hindu women.
  2. 2.Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.
  3. 3.The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
  4. 4.A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet.
  5. 5.Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
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