Tishani Doshi: Selected Poems Glossary

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Baobabs

Short trees with thick trunks and edible fruit

Boughs

Primary branches on trees

Gaudy

Distastefully extravagant or showy

Madras

A firm, fine-textured fabric typically designed with colorful patterns

Reverberation

Continuation of sound; resonance

Tattered

Old and worn out; in poor condition

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