குருத்து

s. The white, tender leaves of a palm or plantain tree, recently shot forth, ஓலைமுதலியவற்றின்குருத்து. 2. The tender leaves or shoots of grain and of leguminous plants, &c., முளை. 3. Tenderness, இளமை. 4. White, வெண்மை. 5. The tender, delicate part of the internal ear, காதுக்குருத்து.

குருத்தடைக்க, inf. To be stinted--as grain, putting forth no new leaves.

குருத்துக்கக்க, inf. [prov.] To part from the roots and perish--as tender shoots of grain by early flooding.

குருத்துவிட--குருத்தெறிய, inf. To put forth young, tender leaves--as palms, plantain trees, rice, &c., to sprout, to shoot.

குருத்திறகு, s. Down; soft feathers.

குருத்தோலை, s. A young, tender palm leaf, ஓலைக்குருத்து.

குருத்தோலைப்பெருநாள், [in Roman Ca tholic usage.] Palm Sunday, when each attendant at church receives a palm leaf, in the form of a cross, which has been blessed by the priest, ஓர்திருநாள்.