Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Cikari in India is the name of a plant defined with Achyranthes aspera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Centrostachys indica (L.) Standl. (among others).

2) Cikari is also identified with Amaranthus dubius It has the synonym Amaranthus tristis Willd. (etc.).

3) Cikari is also identified with Amaranthus retroflexus It has the synonym Galliaria retroflexa (L.) Nieuwl. (etc.).

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

· Pl. Hort. Erlang. (1814)
· Historia Amaranthorum (1790)
· Cytologia (1982)
· Taxon (1980)
· Kromosomo
· Recent Res. Pl. Sci. (1979)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cikari (ಚಿಕರಿ):—[noun] a mount (as the one having a peak or peaks).

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Cīkari (ಚೀಕರಿ):—

1) [noun] the state of being blackened from over heating.

2) [noun] that which is burned or reduced to charcoal.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cikari (சிகரி) noun < śikharin.

1. Mountain, as being peaked; [சிகரத்தையுடையது] வைத்திய மலையகராதி கோல வருவியஞ் சிகரியும் [[sigarathaiyudaiyathu] vaithiya malaiyagarathi kola varuviyagn sigariyum] (பெருங்கதை நரவாண. [perungathai naravana.] 1, 182).

2. Tower; கோபுரம். மங்குறோய் சிகரி [kopuram. manguroy sigari] (பரதசாஸ்திரம் பாவ. [magaparatham pava.] 29).

3. Black heron. See கருநாரை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [karunarai. (pingalagandu)]

4. A species of loranthus. See புல்லுருவி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [pulluruvi. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Cikari (சிகரி) noun probably from girikā. A kind of rat; எலிவகை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [elivagai. (pingalagandu)]

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Cikāri (சிகாரி) noun < Urdu shikārī.

1. Hunting; வேட்டை. [vettai.] Local usage

2. See சிகாரியாள். [sigariyal.]

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Cīkari (சீகரி) noun < śīkara. Water-drop; நீர்த் திவலை. [nirth thivalai.] (W.)

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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)

Starts with: Cikari-karanem, Cikariboli, Cikarikai, Cikarinimpam, Cikarishu, Cikarittekku, Cikarivogu, Cikariyal, Cikariyam.

Ends with: Pancikari, Pippilicikari, Urucikari, Vacikari, Vayircikari.

Full-text: Vayircikari, Cikarinimpam, Cikariyal, Chigari, Sikari kanta, Sikari-janavar, Ciku, Sikari-sag, Cikariyam.

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