Kadupul

Quick meaning: Kadupul is a noun meaning (chiefly attributive) Epiphyllum strictum or Epiphyllum selenicereus, a flower that blooms at night, believed to have an association with the nāga world.

Meaning

(chiefly attributive) Epiphyllum strictum or Epiphyllum selenicereus, a flower that blooms at night, believed to have an association with the nāga world.

Example Sentences

It's made from the kadupul flower. The kadupul blooms once a year under the cover of night and withers away before dawn, making it the rarest and most exquisite botanical on the planet.

With kadupul blossoms adorning black hair and bright jeweled belts circling wide hips, their hot breasts cooled by sandal paste and fresh seapearls, they cast dark light from wide open eyes in every direction.

Ten sons, and all dear to the hearts of the people; and the little princesses Anula and Sivali who filled the women's quarters with their laughter and romped the pleasure parks with smiles as bright as the kadupul flowers which, the Nagas say, are the glorious lilies that bloom only in the serpent world.

Word Forms

• kadupuls

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include epiphyllum, sewali, moonflower, parijat, ekaha, nenuphar.

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