Mala vs Maca - What's the difference?
mala | maca |
A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.
A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.
The Andean medicinal herb , or an extract of the root of this plant.
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As an adjective mala
is .As a verb maca is
to kill, slaughter.mala
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Etymology 1
(etyl)Noun
(malae)Etymology 2
see (m).Noun
(head)Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
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* (l), (l), (l) ----maca
English
Noun
(-)- The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens
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