vī-rúdh f. (once in [MBh.] m.; fr. 3. vi + √ 1. rudh = ruh cf. vi-sruh) a plant, herb (esp. a creeping plant or a low shrub), [RV.] &c. &c. (vīrúdhām pátiḥ, ‘lord of plants’, in [RV.] applied to Soma, in [MBh.] to the moon)
a branch, shoot, [W.]
a plant which grows again after being cut, [MW.]
the snare or noose of Indra, [PārGṛ.]