Biology (plants and animals)

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

Beguna in India is the name of a plant defined with Vitex negundo in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vitex negundo f. laxipaniculata Pei (among others).

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

· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1995)
· Memoirs of the Science Society of China (1932)
· Symb. Sin. (1936)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1983)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1788)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Beguna, for example chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, 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

bēgūna (बेगून).—ad (vēga S) Quickly, smartly, briskly, sharp. The words are vulgar.

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

bēgūna (बेगून).—ad Quickly.

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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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