Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Nirulli [ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Allium cepa L. from the Alliaceae (Onion) family. For the possible medicinal usage of nirulli, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Nirulli in India is the name of a plant defined with Allium cepa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Allium angolense Baker (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Can. Vet. J., (1977)
· Am. J. Vet. Res., (1979)
· J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc., (1939)
· Acta Agron. Acad. Sci. Hung., (1980)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Nirulli, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nīruḷḷi (ನೀರುಳ್ಳಿ):—

1) [noun] the plant Allium cepa of Liliaceae family; onion plant.

2) [noun] its strong, sharp smelling edible bulb; onion.

3) [noun] a large-sized, deciduous tree Bischofia javanica of Euphorbiaceae family with trifoliate leaves, reddish wood (used for making railway sleepers).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Nīruḷḷi (நீருள்ளி) [nīr-uḷḷi] noun < idem. +. cf. ஈருள்ளி. [irulli.] [Telugu: nīrulli, K. nīruḷḷi.] Onion; வெங்காயம். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [vengayam. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ulli, Nir.

Starts with: Nirulligedde.

Ends with: Kadu-nirulli, Kattu-nirulli, Paccainirulli.

Full-text: Neerulli, Paccainirulli, Nirulligedde, Neerulli mara, Kattu-nirulli, Kattu-neerulli, Kaadu-neerulli, Kadu-nirulli.

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