Biology (plants and animals)

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

Gaju in Indonesia is the name of a plant defined with Anacardium occidentale in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassuvium pomiferum Lam., nom. illeg. (among others).

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

· Brenesia (1994)
· Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia (1763)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788)
· Flora del Paraguay (1990)
· Poisonous Plants of the United States and Canada. (1964)
· AAU Reports (1990)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gāju (ಗಾಜು):—

1) [noun] a hard, amorphous, brittle, usu. transparent, substance, a bad conductor of electricity, made of the oxides of silicon; glass.

2) [noun] a pair of framed lenses with side pieces to grip the temples, used for better vision; a spectacle.

3) [noun] the refracting structure between the crystalline and vitreous humours of the eye; the lens.

4) [noun] (dial.) a glass bangle.

5) [noun] ಗಾಜಿನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವವರು ಬೇರೆಯವರತ್ತ ಕಲ್ಲು ತೂರಬಾರದು [gajina maneyalliruvavaru bereyavaratta kallu turabaradu] gājina maneyalliruvavaru bēreyavaratta kallu tūrabāradu (a saying) do not criticise others if you are in a position which could be criticised by them; 'people who live in glass houses should not throw stones at otherś.

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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)

Starts with: Gaju chettu, Gaju tige, Gajubaan-saaf, Gajubuddi, Gajuchettu, Gajudodige, Gajuga, Gajugara, Gajugoju, Gajuguppige, Gajukagada, Gajulavana, Gajulepa, Gajumani, Gajumaru, Gajura, Gajus, Gajuva, Gajuvale.

Ends with: Bhutagaju, Kurudugaju.

Full-text: Gajus, Gaju tige, Jangus gajus, Jambu gajus, Gaju chettu, Yajnadattasharman, Yajnadatta.

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