Oak: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Oak in English is the name of a plant defined with Oldfieldia africana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany (1850)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Oak, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, side effects, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Oak hidak, Oak leaf fig, Oak leaf ivy, Oak mana, Oak mistletoe, Oak tree, Oak-leafed geranium, Oak-leaved geranium, Oakkalam, Oakkha.
Ends with (+51): African oak, African poison oak, Atlantic poison oak, Australian silk oak, Ban oak, Ban-oak, Banj-oak, Banjh-oak, Beach she-oak, Black oak, Bluejack oak, Bull silky oak, Bull-oak, Bur oak, Burr oak, California black oak, California live oak, California scrub oak, Canyon live oak, Ceylon oak.
Full-text (+133): Rhamnus prinoides, Quercus dumosa, Holly oak, Meru oak, Spanish oak, Poison oak, Oak hidak, Live oak, Black oak, Oak tree, Oak mana, Kenya oak, Ban oak, Kellogg's oak, Southern red oak, River she-oak, Grey oak, Southern live oak, Coast she-oak, Fendler's oak.
Relevant text
Search found 18 books and stories containing Oak; (plurals include: Oaks). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A Collection of Popular Tales from the Norse and North German (by Peter Christian Asbjørsen)
The Pictorial Element in the Fiction of Thomas Hardy < [January – March, 1986]
Triple Stream < [April – June and July – September, 1996]
The Language of Symbols < [January – March, 1978]
Parables of Rama (by Swami Rama Tirtha)
Story 216 - The practice of allowing roots of godly ideas < [Chapter XXXIX - God Consciousness]
Heimskringla (by Snorri Sturlson)
Part 18 - The League Between King Harald And Svein Ulfson < [Chapter IX - Saga Of Harald Hardrade]
Part 13 - Death Of Earls Hakon, And Atle Mjove < [Chapter III - Harald Harfager's Saga]
Part 8 - King Hakon's Expedition To Denmark < [Chapter IV - Hakon The Good's Saga]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 44 - The Death of Jambumalin < [Book 5 - Sundara-kanda]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter LXXXVIII - Further description of the earth < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter LXVIII - Description of a rakshasi (or female fiend) < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
Chapter XXIII - Speech of virochana on subjection of the mind < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
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