bindi
/bɪn.di/
Etymology
Clipping of bindi-eye.
bindi means A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
bindi is pronounced /bɪn.di/.
name
- A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
- A female given name.
noun
- The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of Hindu women.“Actually… a six-figure advance? What the hell, dudes, I'm donning a sari and bindi and penning a novel called, let's see, how about Manchesterstani? My old desi m8s the rude girls of Moss Side have never before been captured in fiction. Int dat da truth, rude girls?”
- Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.
- The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
- A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet.
- Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
- Any of various plants of the genus Sclerolaena.