Biology (plants and animals)

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

Gramyakunkuma in India is the name of a plant defined with Carthamus tinctorius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

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

· Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (1910)
· Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica (1985)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry (2008)
· Iranian Journal of Botany (1989)
· The American Journal of Chinese Medicine (2002)

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

Grāmyakuṅkuma (ग्राम्यकुङ्कुम).—safflower.

Derivable forms: grāmyakuṅkumam (ग्राम्यकुङ्कुमम्).

Grāmyakuṅkuma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms grāmya and kuṅkuma (कुङ्कुम).

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

Grāmyakuṅkuma (ग्राम्यकुङ्कुम).—n.

(-maṃ) A yellow dye, safflower, (Carthamus tinctorius.) E. grāmya and kuṅkuma saffron, village saffron. kusumbhe .

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

Grāmyakuṅkuma (ग्राम्यकुङ्कुम):—[=grāmya-kuṅkuma] [from grāmya > grāma] n. safflower, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Grāmyakuṅkuma (ग्राम्यकुङ्कुम):—[grāmya-kuṅkuma] (maṃ) 1. n. A yellow dye; safflower (Carthamus tinctorius).

[Sanskrit to German]

Gramyakunkuma 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.

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Partial matches: Gramya, Kunkuma.

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