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'''Pīlu''' (from [[Sanskrit]] पीलु pīlu) is the common name of two species of tree (''[[Careya arborea]]'' orﾠ ''[[Salvadora persica]]'').<ref>Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier-Williams, (c) 1899</ref>
Mentioned in [[Mahābhārata]].
The name may also refer to the fruit of ''Pīlu'' tree, or to the blossoms of ''[[Saccharum sara]]''.<ref>Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier-Williams, (c) 1899</ref>
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