suran

Borrowed from Hindi सूरन (sūran), ultimately from Sanskrit सुरण (suraṇa).

suran (plural surans)

1. A tropical plant of the species Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, cultivated for its edible root.
   • 1923, Journal of Indian Botany, Volume 2, Indian Botanical Society, page 55:

     Almost all of us know this Suran plant and also the value of its under-ground corm as an article of vegetable diet.

• elephant foot yam
• elephant-foot yam

• Amorphophallus paeoniifolius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amorphophallus paeoniifolius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Amorphophallus paeoniifolius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

suran

1. romanization of ᠰᡠᡵᠠᠨ

suran

1. definite singular of sura

• runas, urans, urnas

sur (“sour”) +‎ -an

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsɨ̞ran/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːran/, /ˈsɪran/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞ran

suran (plural, singular suranen f, not mutable)

1. sorrel (Rumex and Oxalis)

• suran y coed (“sheep sorrel, Oxalis acetosella”)
• suran y cŵn (“common sorrel, Rumex acetosa”)
• suran yr ŷd (“sheep sorrel, Rumex acetosella”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “suran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies