maddi meaning in english

[Tel.] n. The tree called Mentaptera arjuna. arjunamu. Rox. ii. 438. Terminalia alata. K&oe;nig. Ainsl. ii. 193. Ailanthus malabarica. (Watts.)There are various species called inumaddi, pudumaddi, erumaddi, ellamaddi or cirimanu and dudimaddi, Bricdelia retusa. maddikayalu maddi-kayalu. n. The fruit of the tree. A kind of earrings worn by boys.