Biology (plants and animals)

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

Devakusuma in India is the name of a plant defined with Syzygium aromaticum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Eugenia caryophyllus (Spreng.) Bullock & S.G. Harrison (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series (1929)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Kew Bulletin (1958)
· The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore (1992)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788)

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

devakusuma : (nt.) cloves.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Devakusuma (देवकुसुम).—cloves; एलां च देवकुसुमं त्वक्पत्रं देवदारु च (elāṃ ca devakusumaṃ tvakpatraṃ devadāru ca) Śiva. B.3.14.

Derivable forms: devakusumam (देवकुसुमम्).

Devakusuma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and kusuma (कुसुम).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devakusuma (देवकुसुम).—n.

(-maṃ) Cloves. E. deva a deity, and kusuma a flower fit for a deity.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devakusuma (देवकुसुम):—[=deva-kusuma] [from deva] n. ‘divine flower’, cloves, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Devakusuma (देवकुसुम):—[deva-kusuma] (maṃ) 1. n. Cloves.

[Sanskrit to German]

Devakusuma in German

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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 corpus

Dēvakusuma (ದೇವಕುಸುಮ):—

1) [noun] the tree Syzygium caryophyllatum (= S. auromaticum, = Eugenia corymbosa, = Myrtus caryophyllatus) of Myrtaceae family; clove tree.

2) [noun] the dried flower bud of this tree, used as a pungent, fragrant spice; clove.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kusuma, Deva, Teva.

Starts with: Devakusumamu.

Full-text: Cinadaru, Tvakpatra.

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Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)

1.18. Use of Lavaṅga (Cloves) < [Chapter 1 - Cosmetics]

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