Aral, Āral, Ārāl: 3 definitions

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Aral means something in Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Ambiguity: Although Aral has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Arala.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Aral in India is the name of a plant defined with Cassytha filiformis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ocotea cuneata Mez (among others).

2) Aral is also identified with Clitoria ternatea It has the synonym Lathyrus spectabilis Forssk. (etc.).

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

· Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Paris (1826)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)
· Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn (1870)
· Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter (1827)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1825)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1823)

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Aral in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) bent, slanting; crooked..—aral (अराल) is alternatively transliterated as Arāla.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aral (ಅರಲ್):—

1) [verb] (flower) to open into blossoms; to bloom.

2) [verb] (skin, as from cold) to crack.

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Aral (ಅರಲ್):—[noun] in a plant, the seed-producing structure of an angiosperm, consisting of colourful petals, and pollen-bearing stamens unfolding around the pistils; a flower.

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Araḷ (ಅರಳ್):—[noun] = ಅರಳು [aralu]1.

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Araḷ (ಅರಳ್):—[noun] = ಅರಳು [aralu]2.

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Araḷ (ಅರಳ್):—[noun] paddy, maize kernels, etc. burst and puffed up by heating; popcorn.

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Aṟal (ಅಱಲ್):—

1) [noun] the act or fact of being or becoming thoroughly dry; loss of water content.

2) [noun] the uneasiness or suffering caused by the need to drink liquid; want of water for the natural function of one’s bodily system; thirst.

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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.

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