Cikiri: 2 definitions
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Cikiri means something in biology, Tamil. 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.
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Cikiri in India is the name of a plant defined with Garcinia cambogia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Garcinia cambogia Hort. ex Boerl. (among others).
2) Cikiri is also identified with Garcinia morella It has the synonym Garcinia morella (Gaertn.) Desr. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Indica
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1783)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1792)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Cikiri, for example chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCikiri (சிகிரி) noun < śikharin. (L.)
1. Malabar gamboge. See கொறுக்காய்ப்புளி. [korukkayppuli.]
2. Ceylon gamboge,
1. transitive, Garcinia morella; மக்கிமரம். [makkimaram.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Search found 1 books and stories containing Cikiri, Chigiri, Sigiri, Sikiri; (plurals include: Cikiris, Chigiris, Sigiris, Sikiris). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 55 - Sigiris Sinno, The Giant < [Part II (b) - Stories of the Tom-tom Beaters]