Alternative spellings of this word include Chiku.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Ciku in India is the name of a plant defined with Albizia odoratissima in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acacia lomatocarpa DC. (among others).

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

· Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2007)
· London Journal of Botany (1844)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Chem. Pharm. Bull.
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)

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

cikū (चिकू).—a (cīka) Miserly, close-fisted, fast-griping.

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

cikū (चिकू).—a Miserly, loose-fisted.

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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

Cīkū (चीकू) [Also spelled chiku]:—(nm) sapodilla.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cīku (ಚೀಕು):—[noun] = ಚೀಕರಿ [cikari].

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Cīku (ಚೀಕು):—[noun] the state of being sick or ill; sickness.

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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

Cīku (சீகு) noun cf. சீழ்கு. [sizhku.] [Telugu: cīpuru, K. cīpari.] Broom-grass. See ஊகம்¹ [ugam¹], 3. (L.)

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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: Ci-kuttuviriyan, Cikul, Cikula, Cikur, Cikura, Cikurabhara, Cikurahasta, Cikurakalapa, Cikuranikara, Cikurapaksha, Cikurapasha, Cikuraracana, Cikurita, Cikuroccaya, Cikuvacanni, Cikuvai.

Full-text: Sigu, Chigu, Chiku, Cikampul, Ayataparshnita, Edavu, Cilku, Shikku.

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