Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Garmotika in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Coix aquatica Roxb. from the Poaceae (Grass) family having the following synonyms: Coix gigantea subsp. aquatica. For the possible medicinal usage of garmotika, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

1) Garmotika in India is the name of a plant defined with Chionachne gigantea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Polytoca barbata Stapf (among others).

2) Garmotika is also identified with Coix gigantea It has the synonym Polytoca barbata (Roxb.) Stapf (etc.).

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

· Catalogue of the Plants of the Punjab and Sindh (1869)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Flora Indica; or, descriptions of Indian Plants (1832)
· The Flora of British India (1897)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1792)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Garmotika, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Garmoṭikā (गर्मोटिका):—[from garmuṭikā] f. a kind of grass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Garmotika 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)

Full-text: Jaradi, Garmut.

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