Gacca: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Gacca means something in Marathi, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Gachcha.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Gacca in India is the name of a plant defined with Caesalpinia bonduc in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Guilandina crista (L.) Small (among others).
2) Gacca is also identified with Caesalpinia crista It has the synonym Guilandina paniculata Lam. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora of the British West Indian Islands (1860)
· Fam. Pl. (Adanson) (1763)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Prodr. Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ Orient. (1834)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Gacca, for example extract dosage, health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, side effects, 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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygacca (गच्च).—ad (Imit.) Tightly, firmly, fixedly, fast; closely together, crowdedly, imperviously--tying, fastening, shutting, planting.
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gaccā (गच्चा).—m (Nashik &c.) An ear (esp. of jōndhaḷā, bājarī, or wheat), esp. as well-filled: also the state of being in well-filled ear. Ex. śētācē gaccē bāhēra paḍalē; bājarīnēṃ gaccā dharalā. 2 Contemptuously. A fat or puffed cheek: also fatness &c. of the cheeks. Ex. gālācē gaccē phugalē-dharalē-basalē-tōḍalē.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgacca (गच्च).—ad Tightly, firmly, fixedly fast; closely together, crowdedly.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryGaccā (गच्चा) [Also spelled gachcha]:—(nm) a pitfall; hazard; —[khānā] to be hoodwinked/defrauded; to be subjected to a pitfall; —[denā] or [gacce meṃ ḍālanā] to deceive, to hoodwink, to defraud.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gaccabucca, Gaccagolisu, Gaccagu, Gaccakaya, Gaccalu, Gaccarisu.
Ends with: Bharagacca, Dogacca, Gadagacca, Garagacca, Niggacca, Patigacca, Poregacca, Tellagacca.
Relevant text
Search found 3 books and stories containing Gacca, Gaccā; (plurals include: Gaccas, Gaccās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Pharmacognostic and physicochemical traits of Caesalpinia digyna roots. < [Volume 26 (issue 3), Jan-Mar 2007]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)