Alternative spellings of this word include Charai.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Carai in India is the name of a plant defined with Buchanania lanzan in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Buchanania latifolia Roxb..

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

· J. Sci. Food Agric. (1977)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (1963)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Journal of Tree Sciences (1984)
· Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1978)

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

carāī (चराई).—f ( H) Price paid for pasturage. 2 Price paid for tending herds at pasture.

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

carāī (चराई).—f Price paid for pasturage. Price paid for tending herds at pasture.

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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

Carāī (चराई) [Also spelled charai]:—(nf) grazing, pasturage; the rent or wages paid for grazing (one’s cow, buffalo, etc).

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Carai-kittakutti, Caraikkata, Carailli, Carainel, Caraipparuppu, Caraitira, Caraivalan.

Ends with (+8): Acarai, Carccarai, Caricarai, Caruccarai, Gavatacarai, Incucarai, Kacarai, Kalamakucarai, Kalicarai, Karuncarai, Kicarai, Kotikkacarai, Kucarai, Kutirppacarai, Malancarai, Mancarai, Naccarai, Naukacarai, Niliyacarai, Nirccarai.

Full-text: Kalicarai, Carainel, Caraikkata, Incucarai, Vencarai, Malancarai, Tannirccarai, Karuncarai, Tirunacarai, Charai, Mancarai, Caraivalan, Carai-kittakutti, Nirccarai.

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