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