Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Palti in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Gossypium arboreum L. from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family. For the possible medicinal usage of palti, 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)

Palti in India is the name of a plant defined with Calotropis gigantea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Streptocaulon cochinchinense G. Don (among others).

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

· Fitoterapia (2007)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Contraception. (2007)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1837)
· Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Tokyo) (2007)
· Contributions to the Botany of India (1834)

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

context information

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

Palṭi (ಪಲ್ಟಿ):—

1) [noun] an acrobatic stunt performed by turning the body heels over head.

2) [noun] anything upside down.

3) [noun] ಪಲ್ಟಿ ಹಾಕು [palti haku] palṭi hāku = ಪಲ್ಟಿ ಹೊಡೆ [palti hode]; ಪಲ್ಟಿ ಹೊಡೆ [palti hode] palṭi hoḍe to turn one’s body heels over head (as in performing an acrobatic stunt); 2. (anything) to turn upside down; 3. (fig.) to fail to succeed (in an examination); 4. (any scheme) to meet with utter failure.

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Paḷti (ಪಳ್ತಿ):—

1) [noun] the soft, white seed hairs filling the seedpods of the plant Gossypium arboreum ( = G. nanking, = G. purpurascence) of Malvaceae family; cotton.

2) [noun] the plant itself.

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Paḻti (ಪೞ್ತಿ):—

1) [noun] the soft, white seed hairs filling the seedpods of the plant Gossypium arboreum ( = G. nanking, = G. purpurascence) of Malvaceae family; cotton.

2) [noun] the plant itself.

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Pāḷti (ಪಾಳ್ತಿ):—[noun] a covert watching (as by a detective, policeman, etc.).

context information

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

Palṭi (பல்டி) noun < Urdu palṭi. A gymnastic feat; தேகப்பயிற்சியாகிய கரணவகை. [thegappayirsiyagiya karanavagai.]

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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)

Starts with: Paltinu, Paltira.

Ends with: Kalpalti, Munisipalti, Ultapalti.

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