Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Samantadugdha in India is the name of a plant defined with Euphorbia nivulia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Euphorbia helicothele Lem. (among others).

2) Samantadugdha is also identified with Opuntia stricta It has the synonym Cactus strictus Haw. (etc.).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1980)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1984)
· Pl. Succ. Hist. (1799)
· Genera Plantarum (1789)
· Botanical Register (1818)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1824)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Samantadugdha, for example diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samantadugdhā (समन्तदुग्धा).—the plant called स्नुही (snuhī) q. v. (Mar. nivaḍuṃga).

Samantadugdhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms samanta and dugdhā (दुग्धा).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samantadugdhā (समन्तदुग्धा).—f.

(-gdhā) The milk hedge-plant, (Euphorbia tirucalli, &c.) E. samanta every way, dugdha milk.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samantadugdhā (समन्तदुग्धा):—[=sam-anta-dugdhā] [from sam-anta] f. a species of Euphorbia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samantadugdhā (समन्तदुग्धा):—[samanta-dugdhā] (gdhā) 1. f. The milkhedge plant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samantadugdha in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dugdha, Samanta.

Starts with: Samantadugdhaka.

Full-text: Samantadugdhi, Nagadru.

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