กรัก (gràk) — dark reddish-brown color

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dark reddish-brown color

A dark reddish-brown or yellowish-brown color, similar to the core of a jackfruit tree, often used to describe the color of a monk's robes.

The robes of most forest monks are a dark yellowish-brown color (krak) because they are dyed with jackfruit core.

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small bamboo tube/container

A small tube-shaped container, usually made from a section of bamboo, used to hold tobacco or small amounts of medicine.

My grandfather keeps his shredded tobacco in a small bamboo container (grak).

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brown dye from jackfruit wood

A natural dye made from the heartwood of a jackfruit tree, used to color cloth a dark yellowish-brown, such as monk's robes.

People in the old days used to boil jackfruit heartwood to make a dye called 'grak'.

กรัก(gràk)