Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Citari in India is the name of a plant defined with Erythroxylum emarginatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sethia indica DC. (among others).

2) Citari is also identified with Stereospermum colais It has the synonym Dipterosperma personatum Hassk. (etc.).

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

· Taxon (1977)
· Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. (1828)
· Numer. List (6501)
· Prod. (DC.) (1845)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1912)
· Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève (1838)

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

citārī (चितारी).—m (citrakāra S) A drawer of figures, a limner, a painter.

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

citārī (चितारी).—m A painter, a drawer of figures.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Citāri (ಚಿತಾರಿ):—[adjective] that is liable to be damaged, spoiled or disordered easily; slight and subtle.

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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

Citaṟi (சிதறி) noun perhaps from சிதறு-. [sitharu-.]

1. Rain; மழை. (திவா.) [mazhai. (thiva.)]

2. See பாதிரி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [pathiri. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Citāri (சிதாரி) noun probably from śītāri. Incense; தூபமிடும் பண்டம். [thupamidum pandam.] (I. M. P. T j. 55.)

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Cītāri (சீதாரி) noun < śrīdāru.

1. Red cedar. See செம்புளிச்சை. [sembulichai.]

2. Frankincense; சாம்பிராணி. சீதாரி கொண்டுதன் மெய்புகைத்தாள் [sambirani. sithari konduthan meypugaithal] (திருக்கைலாய ஞானவுலா [thirukkailaya gnanavula], 186).

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Cītāri (சீதாரி) noun probably from śrī-dhārin. Town, city; நகரம். [nagaram.] (J.)

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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)

Ends with: Utakancitari.

Full-text: Utakancitari, Karegara, Karigara, Mariyotu, Mitari, Karagira, Karagara, Nanmoli, Viricu, Kutantam, Citaru, Para, Angaca, Citar.

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