Chiran: 2 definitions

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Chiran means something in Hindi, 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.

Ambiguity: Although Chiran has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Cirana.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Chiran in India is the name of a plant defined with Falconeria insignis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sapium insigne (Royle) Trimen (among others).

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

· Genera Plantarum (1880)
· Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains (1839)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
· Forest Flora of British Burma (1877)
· Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées (1858)
· Flora of the British India (1888)

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Chiran in Hindi refers in English to:—(v) to saw; to rend; to cleave; to tear; to dissect, to cut open; to incise..—chiran (चीरना) is alternatively transliterated as Cīranā.

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