Hambu, Haṃbu: 2 definitions

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Hambu means something in 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Hambu in India is the name of a plant defined with Morinda umbellata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Guttenbergia umbellata (L.) Zoll. & Moritzi (among others).

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

· Fl. Cochinch. (1790)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1824)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Adansonia (1879)
· Natuur- Geneesk. Arch. Ned.-Indië (1845)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Hambu, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Haṃbu (ಹಂಬು):—

1) [verb] to cause to be spread, distributed over or pervade throughout a relatively large area.

2) [verb] to spread (information, gossip, etc.) widely.

3) [verb] to scatter in all directions or in a disorder manner.

4) [verb] to spread (oneself) widely.

5) [verb] to drive away or force to go.

6) [verb] to be disarranged and untidy; to be dishevelled.

7) [verb] to stretch forward or hold out.

8) [verb] to extend over; to overlay or cover.

9) [verb] to open or exetend (something as a mat on a flat surface); to unroll.

10) [verb] to do; to accomplish; to complete.

11) [verb] to ascend; to climb up.

12) [verb] to become more in number, degree, extent, inensity, etc.

13) [verb] to become broader or wider.

14) [verb] to be elated from excess joy, pride, etc.

15) [verb] to appear; to be published; to become known.

16) [verb] to express; to make known.

17) [verb] to cause to flow (as a liquid); to let something flow.

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Haṃbu (ಹಂಬು):—

1) [noun] the fact of being spread over a wide area.

2) [noun] the measure of a bounded region on a plane or the surface of a solid; area.

3) [noun] a wide, open field.

4) [noun] the act of being distributed.

5) [noun] the act, fact or manner of following (as a stream); a flow.

6) [noun] the state or quality of being ample; abundance; amplitude.

7) [noun] any plant whose stem puts out tendrils by which it can creep along a surface as it grows; a creeper.

8) [noun] the pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients; betel plant.

9) [noun] a rope used to kill by hanging a criminal by tying it about the neck and suddenly suspending the body.

10) [noun] extent from one end to another; length.

11) [noun] a territorial range.

12) [noun] a district or division of a city; an extension; a ward; a quarter.

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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.

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