Cucu: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Cucu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chuchu.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Cucu in Peru is the name of a plant defined with Erythroxylum coca in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Erythroxylum bolivianum Burck (among others).
2) Cucu is also identified with Erythroxylum novogranatense It has the synonym Erythroxylum novo-granatense Hieron. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Anales Cientificos (1968)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1786)
· Teysmannia (1890)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1840)
· Flora of Ecuador (1989)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1895)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Cucu, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, 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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryCucu (चुचु).—imitative sound, (such as a child makes in sucking,) and ka what sounds; also cucūka and cūcuka; cucu iti avyaktaśabdaṃ kāyati pīyamānaḥ kai-ka .
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Cucū (चुचू).—m.
(-cūḥ) A potherb, (Marsilea dentata, Rox.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCucu (चुचु):—for cuccu q.v., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryCucū (चुचू):—(cūḥ) 3. m. A potherb.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCūcu (ಚೂಚು):—
1) [noun] the horny bill of a bird; the beak.
2) [noun] the projected part of the face as the snout of a mouse.
3) [noun] that part of an outward-sloping roof of a building, projecting beyond the wall; the roof-ledge.
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Cūcu (ಚೂಚು):—[adjective] tapering to a point; pointed.
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 LexiconCūcu (சூசு) noun < English Shoes; பாதரட்சை. காலிலே சூசுகள் போடலாமா [patharadsai. kalile susugal podalama] (கட்டபொம்மு. பக். [kattapommu. pag.] 51).
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 (+9): Cucua, Cucuba, Cucuja, Cucuka, Cucukagra, Cucukan, Cucukata, Cuculam, Cuculu, Cucumber bush, Cucumber tree, Cucumdri, Cucumis melo, Cucundara, Cucundari, Cucupa, Cucuparnika, Cucura, Cucurbita maxima, Cucurit.
Ends with: Kemcucu, Umucucu, Yacucu.
Full-text (+1): Susu, Chuchu, Susu kabe, Chuchu ckora, Keremak susu, Limau susu, Susu-garnu, Susu menga, Pelus susu, Buah susu, Huarmi-chuchu-huasha, Gelang susu, Yuyu, Bunga susu, Shish, Ghosali, Cuccu, Ajanatisusu, Cucuka, Kalakesa.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
From under the Dust of Ages (by William St. Chad Boscawen)
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 27c - The group of meats (Mamsa) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 25 - The Origin of Man and Disease (Purusha-samjnaka) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 14 - The therapeutics of Abdominal Piles (arshas-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]