Dund: 2 definitions

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Dund means something in Hindi, biology. 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.

Ambiguity: Although Dund has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Dumda.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Dund in India is the name of a plant defined with Croton tiglium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oxydectes pavonii Kuntze (among others).

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

· A Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· FBI (1887)
· Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany (1998)
· Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldinae-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (1843)
· Cytologia (1999)
· Species Plantarum

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Dund in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) see [dvamdva]..—dund (दुंद) is alternatively transliterated as Duṃda.

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