makula

  1. a bud (Hardy in Index to Vv-a gives “Mimusops elengi” after BR) Thig.260; Vv.45#26; Ja.i.273; Ja.ii.33; Ja.iv.333; Ja.v.207 (makuḷa), Ja.v.416 Vism.230 (ḷ); Vism.256 (paduma˚); Vv-a.177 (kaṇavīra˚), Vv-a.194 (makuḷa), Vv-a.197 (id.); Vb-a.228, Vb-a.239 (where Vism.256 has makulita, & Kp-a.53 mukulita).
  2. a knob Ja.i.31; Ja.ii.90; Vism.253 (kandala˚).
  3. variant reading at Cnd.485 B for pakulla (= pakuṭa).

cp. Sk. makula