ਪਲਾਖ
palaakha/palākha

Definition

ਸੰ. ਪ੍‌ਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍‍. ਸੰਗ੍ਯਾ- ਪਿਲਖਨ. ਬੋਹੜ ਜੇਹਾ ਇੱਕ ਦਰਖ਼ਤ। ੨. ਪੁਰਾਣਾਂ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਪਿਲਖਨ ਦਰਖ਼ਤ ਵਾਲਾ ਇਕ ਦ੍ਵੀਪ. "ਪਲਾਖ ਦੀਪ ਮਹਿਂ ਬੈਠੋ ਜਾਇ." (ਨਾਪ੍ਰ) ਦੇਖੋ, ਪਿਲਖਨ.
Source: Mahankosh

Shahmukhi : پلاکھ

Parts Of Speech : noun, masculine

Meaning in English

a kind of tree, Ficus glomerulata
Source: Punjabi Dictionary

PALÁKH

Meaning in English2

s. m, small tree (Ficus venosa, F. infectoria, Nat Ord. Moraceæ. It is common in the low hills, Cis and Trans Indus, and in the Salt Range. The leaves are given as fodder to elephants, and in Southern India the root is used as a red dye, and the root bark is made into bow strings. In the Salt Range the Ficus glomerulata, Nat. Ord. Moraceæ.
Source:THE PANJABI DICTIONARY-Bhai Maya Singh