1.
[syn: saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda]
2. wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi;
- Example: "the black"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kali \Ka"li\, n. [Skr. kali.] (Hind. Cosmog.)
The last and worst of the four ages of the world; --
considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000
years.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kali \Ka"li\, prop. n. [Skr. k[=a]l[imac].] (Hind. Myth.)
The black, destroying goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna
Purna.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kali \Ka"li\, n. [Ar. qali. See Alkali.] (Bot.)
The glasswort (Salsola Kali).
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cali \Ca"li\, n. (Hindoo Myth.)
The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu. [Written
also Kali.]
[1913 Webster] Caliber
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kali
n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches
having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
[syn: saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali,
kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda]
2: wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi; "the black"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Kali
A data parallel language.
["Supporting Shared Data Structures on Distributed Memory
Architectures", C. Koelbel et al in Second ACM SIGPLAN Symp on
Princ and Prac of Parallel Programming, pp.177-186, Mar 1990].
(1994-11-09)