Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Avalu in the Telugu language is the name of a plant identified with Sinapis alba L. from the Brassicaceae (Mustard) family having the following synonyms: Brassica foliosa, Brassica alba, Sinapis foliosa. For the possible medicinal usage of avalu, 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)

Avalu in India is the name of a plant defined with Shorea assamica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Shorea assamica subsp. yingjiangensis Y.K. Yang & J.K. Wu (among others).

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

· Annales Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavi (1863)
· Flora of the British India (1874)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Avalū (अवलू).—cut off.

Avalū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and lū (लू).

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avalu (ಅವಲು):—

1) [noun] the act or process of beating heavily and repeatedly with a large pestle in a mortar.

2) [noun] the parched, beaten and flat rice.

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Avalu (ಅವಲು):—

1) [adjective] of first class quality; supreme; superior.

2) [adjective] direct; straight; not crooked.

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Avaḷu (ಅವಳು):—[noun] the woman or girl previously mentioned; a female person referred to as being away; that woman; she.

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Āvalu (ಆವಲು):—[noun] = ಆವಲ್ [aval]1.

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Āvalu (ಆವಲು):—[noun] a kind of fish that jumps up into the air to catch small birds and insects that fly closer to the water surface.

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Āvaḷu (ಆವಳು):—

1) [pronoun] (interrogatively) which woman.

2) [pronoun] (relatively) that woman who (has been already referred to, meant etc.).

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ava, Lu.

Starts with: Avalua, Avalubhumi, Avalum, Avaluminu, Avalumpana, Avaluna, Avalunc, Avaluncana, Avalunch, Avalunchana, Avalunthana, Avalunthita, Avalup, Avaluppu, Avalupta, Avaluptaphala, Avalupti, Avalupyateva, Avalurpettai, Avalutar.

Ends with (+59): Abilavalu, Addasavalu, Ahavalu, Ajjagavalu, Amavalu, Ananavalu, Asugavalu, Bamdavalu, Bavalu, Bemgavalu, Bennugavalu, Bhamdavalu, Cadhasavalu, Chadasavalu, Davalu, Elavalu, Eravalu, Erra avalu, Erra-avalu, Gavalu.

Full-text: Kukka-avalu, Erra avalu, Kukha-avalu, Aval, Erra-avalu, Nalla-avalu.

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