Usually means: Decorative forehead dot, cultural significance.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word bindi:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. bindi: Merriam-Webster
  2. bindi: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bindi: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Bindi, bindi: Wordnik
  5. bindi: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bindi: Wiktionary
  7. bindi: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. bindi: Dictionary.com
  9. Bindi (decoration), Bindi (disambiguation), Bindi (name), Bindi: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. bindi: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Indian Fashion, Clothes and Accessories Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bindi (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. bindi: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of Hindu women.
noun:  Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.
noun:  (Australia) The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
noun:  (Australia) A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet.
noun:  (Australia) Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
noun:  (Australia) Any of various plants of the genus Sclerolaena.
noun:  (India) Alternative form of bhindi (“okra”) [(India) Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.]

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