jemudu meaning in english

[Tel.] n. A general name applied to plant of the cactus family. The plant called milk-hedge. Euphorbia tirucalli. Rox. ii.470. (Ainslie) vajratundamu. akujemudu oleander-leaved spurge. bontajemudu or bommajemudu the large species of cactus. nulijemudu and kolajemudu and other species occur. simajemudu, Bryophyllum calcycinum. jemudukaki jemudu-kaki. n. The common coucal or Crow-Pheasant, Centropus sinensis.