masculine
Kaḷīra the top sprout of a plant or tree, especially of the bamboo and certain palm trees (e.g. coconut tree) which is edible Snp 38 (vaṃsa° = veḷugumba Nidd II §556 and page 58); Thag 72; Ja I 74, Cp III 179; VI 26; Miln 201 (vaṃsa°); Vism 255 (vaṃsa°-cakkalaka, so read for kalira°; Pj I 50 at the same passage reads kaḷīra-daṇḍa). - (c)chejja (neuter) "the cutting off of the sprout," a kind of torture Miln 193, cf. Q.K.M. I 270 and kadalīccheda.
an edible shoot or sprout (especially of a bamboo)
(masc, masc) shoot; sprout; bamboo shoot edible shoot or sprout (especially of a bamboo)