Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Centarai in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Heynea trijuga Roxb. ex Sims from the Meliaceae (Neem) family having the following synonyms: Trichilia connaroides, Walsura trijuga, Heynea connaroides. For the possible medicinal usage of centarai, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Centarai (செந்தரை) [cen-tarai] noun A species of white cedar. See கரைவிளங்கு. [karaivilangu.] (L.)

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Centārai (செந்தாரை) [cen-tārai] noun < செம்-மை [sem-mai] +. Pale redness; வெண்மைகலந்த சிவப்பு. [venmaigalantha sivappu.] Local usage

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Cen, Tarai.

Full-text: Cennilam.

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