neuter
stalk
a stalk
Vaṇṭa (neuter) [Epic Sanskrit vr̥nta] a stalk S III 155 = D I 73 (°chinna with its stalk cut); Ja I 70; Ap 62; Vism 356 (in comparison); Pj II 296; Vibh-a 60; Dhp-a II 42; IV 112; Vv-a 44. avaṇṭa (of thana, the breast of a woman) not on a stalk (i.e. well-formed, plump) Ja V 155. So to be translated here, although vaṇṭa as medical term is given in BR with meaning "nipple." — See also tālavaṇṭa.
(nt, nt) stalk stalk Construction: √vaṭ > vaṇṭ + a