vadhū́ f. (fr. √ vadh = vah; cf. ūḍhā) a bride or newly-married woman, young wife, spouse, any wife or woman, [RV.] &c. &c.
a daughter-in-law, [HPariś.]
any younger female relation, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
the female of any animal, (esp.) a cow or mare, [RV. v, 47, 6]
[viii, 19, 36] (cf. vadhū́-mat)
N. of various plants (Trigonella Corniculata; Echites Frutescens; Curcuma Zerumbet), [L.]