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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Bima in South Rhodesia is the name of a plant defined with Acanthospermum hispidum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acanthospermum hispidum A. Chev., not DC. (among others).

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

· Identificación de Especies Vegetales en Chuquisaca (2000)
· Fitoterapia. (2003)
· Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana (1997)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1984)
· Compositae Newsletter (1995)

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

bimā (बिमा).—& bimēdāra These words being Hindustani, see bimā & bimēdāra

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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

Bīmā (बीमा):—(nm) insurance; ~[kartā] an insurer; ~[kṛta] insured; ~[dāra] a policy holder; —[yogya] insurable; —[karanā] to insure.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bīma (ಬೀಮ):—[adjective] (rightly, ಭೀಮ [bhima]) fearful; terrific; terrible.

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Bīmā (ಬೀಮಾ):—

1) [noun] a system of protection against loss in which a number of individuals agree to pay certain sums; insurance.

2) [noun] an insuring or being insured against loss.

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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)

Starts with: Bima-company, Bima-kampani, Bima-patra, Bima-samsthana, Bima-shulka, Bimala, Bimana, Bimar, Bimara, Bimaran Casket, Bimari, Bimaro.

Ends with: Bali-embima, Embima, Havai-bima, Havaiudana-bima, Margastha-bima, Nirjeevan-bima, Nirjivana-bima, Paravahana-bima, Parvahan-beemaa, Samudrika-bima, Tambima, Techubima, Techurbima, Ubima.

Full-text: Nirjivana-bima, Bima-kampani, Parvahan-beemaa, Nirjeevan-bima, Bima-company, Biva, Justicia ventricosa, Jaan, Jana.

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