Biology (plants and animals)

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

Dirghataru in India is the name of a plant defined with Borassus flabellifer in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pholidocarpus tunicatus H. Wendl. (among others).

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

· Taxon (1979)
· Species Plantarum
· Fl. Cochinch. (1790)
· Systema Vegetabilium. (1774)
· Webbia (1914)
· Palmiers (1878)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dirghataru, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dīrghataru (दीर्घतरु).—the palm tree.

Derivable forms: dīrghataruḥ (दीर्घतरुः).

Dīrghataru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dīrgha and taru (तरु). See also (synonyms): dīrghadru.

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

Dīrghataru (दीर्घतरु).—m.

(-ruḥ) The Tal or palm tree. E. dīrgha long, and taru a tree.

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

Dīrghataru (दीर्घतरु):—[=dīrgha-taru] [from dīrgha] m. ‘the lofty tree’, the Tāl or palm tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Dīrghataru (दीर्घतरु):—[dīrgha-taru] (ruḥ) 2. m. The palm tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dirghataru 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dirgha, Taru.

Full-text: Dirghadru.

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