s. a kitchen herb growing in water ஆரைக்கீரை; 2. wall, ஆரல்; 3. a mat made of rushes, கோரைப்பாய். வல்லாரை, புளியாரை, other kinds of the herb used in medicine.
[ārai] ''s.'' A kind of water-plant, the leaves of which are eaten, நீராரை, Marsilea quadrifolia, ''L.'' 2. A surround ing wall, மதில். 3. A mat made of grass or rushes, புற்பாய். ''(p.)''