Brake: 1 definition
Introduction:
Brake means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Brake in English is the name of a plant defined with Pteridium centrali-africanum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pteris capensis Thunb. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum
· Flora Carniolica (1760)
· Botanik von Ost-Afrika (1879)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Brake, for example extract dosage, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, have a look at these references.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Brake fern.
Ends with: Chinese brake, Chinese ladder brake, Cretan brake, Hog brake, Hog-pasture brake, Ladder brake, Pasture brake, Rusty brake, Sword brake.
Full-text (+9): Breka, Break, Kalbiri, Cretan brake, Gatirodhaka, Sword brake, Chinese brake, Rusty brake, Hog brake, Brake fern, Pasture brake, Hog-pasture brake, Chinese ladder brake, Ladder brake, Kaibiri, Sandhicchedaka, Vaghaci Jali, Kantakavatta, Adhana, Kantakadhana.
Relevant text
Search found 16 books and stories containing Brake; (plurals include: Brakes). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Motorman < [March-April 1933]
The Motorman < [January – March, 1978]
Life’s Judgement < [July – September, 2007]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 33: Sammodamāna-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 488: Bhisa-jātaka < [Volume 4]
Jataka 243: Guttila-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 69 - The Roll Of Cotton < [Part II (d) - Stories of the Rodiyas]
Puppetry in Assam (by Gitali Saikia)
Ramayana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter XXXII < [Book 1 - Bāla-kāṇḍa]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XIV - On the ascertainment of an argument < [Book II - Mumukshu khanda (mumukshu-vyavahara khanda)]