Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Asimeda [ଅସିମେଦ] in the Odia language is the name of a plant identified with Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn. from the Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not) family having the following synonyms: Acacia acicularis, Acacia farnesiana, Mimosa farnesiana. For the possible medicinal usage of asimeda, 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)

Asimeda in India is the name of a plant defined with Acacia farnesiana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa suaveolens Salisb. (among others).

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

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1989)
· Species Plantarum.
· Tobia Aldini Cesenate,
· Sylva Telluriana (1838)
· Harvard Papers in Botany (2003)
· Phytologia (2005)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asimeda (असिमेद).—[asiriva tīkṣṇo medo niryāso yasya] the fetid Khadira. (viṭkhadira; Mar. śeṇyākhaira).

Derivable forms: asimedaḥ (असिमेदः).

Asimeda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms asi and meda (मेद).

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

Asimeda (असिमेद).—m.

(-daḥ) A fetid Mimosa: see viṭkhadira. E. asi and meda marrow, essence; the plant being described with many thorns, and a decoetion of it being emulcent.

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

Asimeda (असिमेद):—[=asi-meda] [from asi] m. the fetid Mimosa (Vachellia Farnesiana), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. ahi-māra, etc.)

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

Asimeda (असिमेद):—[asi-meda] (daḥ) 1. m. A fetid Mimosa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Asimeda 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: Medas, Asi, Aci.

Full-text: Ahimara, Ahimaraka, Ahimeda, Arimeda.

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