Biology (plants and animals)

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

Alavina in Latin America is the name of a plant defined with Mentha spicata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mentha cordifolia auct. (among others).

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

· Taxon (1980)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1830)
· Revue de Cytologie et de Biologie Végétales, le Botaniste (1981)
· Cytologia (1981)
· Species Plantarum (1763)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

aḷavīṇa (अळवीण).—f (aḷū) The tree bearing the fruit aḷū or Calladium esculentum.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Starts with: Alavinar.

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