Alternative spellings of this word include Bakna.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Bakana in Ivory Coast is the name of a plant defined with Milicia excelsa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chlorophora alba A. Chev. (among others).

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

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1873)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Genera Plantarum (1880)
· Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par Ordre du Roi, … éxécuté sur les Corvettes de S. M. l’Uranie et la Physicienne … Botanique (1826)
· Forest Flora and Forest Resources of Portuguese East Africa (1909)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2001)

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

bakāṇa (बकाण) [or णा, ṇā].—m ( H) A species of the Nimb, Melia sempervirens. 2 A huge gobbet or mouthful (esp. of parched grain, flour &c.) v bhara, māra.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bakāṇa (बकाण).—

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Bakanā (बकना) [Also spelled bakna]:—(v) to babble, to gab, to gabble/jabber, to chatter, to make disjointed utterances; to admonish; to rave; -[jhakanā] to go on raving; to admonish; to talk angrily.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Bakanaka, Bakanakha, Bakanakhagudaparinaddha, Bakananimb.

Ends with: Abakana, Akbakana, Babakana, Cabakana, Dabakana, Dubakana, Hakabakana, Hakbakana, Thabakana.

Full-text: Vahin.

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