bindi

Meaning

Noun

• The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of married Hindu women.
• Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.
• The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis (species), 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 (genus) which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
• Any of a various plants of the genus Sclerolaena (genus).

Origin

• Borrowed from Hindi बिंदी.
• Shortening of bindi-eye.