See Also: zodiacal(medicine)
zodiacal(dictionary)
zodiacal light(encyclopedia)

kharif (iou) and zodiacal (iou)


kharif (iou)



kharif noun. [ka'ri:f] E19.
[Persian & Urdu from Arab. arif autumn, autumnal rain.]
In the Indian subcontinent: the autumn crop, sown at the beginning of the summer rains.

zodiacal (iou)



zodiacal adjective. L16.
[French, from zodiaque: see ZODIAC, -AL1.]
Of, pertaining to, or situated in the zodiac.
zodiacal light a faint elongated ellipse of light extending along the zodiac on each side of the sun, visible (in the north temperate zone) chiefly after sunset in late winter and early spring, and before sunrise in autumn.