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बंग bang [S. वङ्ग], s.f. Tin, lead; calx of tin (taken internally as an aphrodisiac);—the egg-plant, Solanum melongena;—name of the province of Bengal proper (Bangālā):—bangkaṭiyā(S. vaṅga+kaṇṭa+ika), s.m. The prickly plant Solanum Jacquini, resembling a thistle (used medicinally for diarrhœa and coughs; syn. ban-kaṭaiyā; bhaṭ-kaṭaiyā).
Origin: Hindi