Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Huda in Ethiopia is the name of a plant defined with Ximenia americana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pimecaria odorata Raf. (among others).

2) Huda in India is also identified with Ochlandra scriptoria It has the synonym Beesha rheedii Kunth (etc.).

3) Huda in Kenya is also identified with Salvadora persica It has the synonym Salvadora crassinervia Hochst. ex T. Anderson (etc.).

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

· Flora Neotropica (1984)
· Institutiones Rei Herbariae (1968)
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana (1981)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1985)
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1854)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

huḍā (हुडा).—m A jatra or proceeding of people to pay their worship to some inferior god.

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huḍā (हुडा).—m (huḍa S) A bastion. This sense belongs to poetry. Ex. mērū aisē laṅkēcē huḍē || kaisā jāśīla tayā puḍhēṃ ||; also svargīñcā huḍā akasmāt || urvīvari jaisā paḍata ||. Hence 2 A pile somewhat bastion-form of cowdung-pieces (generally plastered over with earth and cowdung-wash): also a pile of shot or balls; a stack of kaṛba &c. 3 A little enclosure on the terrace or top of a house (for sleeping, taking the air &c.)

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hūḍa (हूड).—a (hū! That starts instantly upon a hū! hoo! off! off w'ye!) Forward and headlong; blindly impetuous; wildly precipitate; rashly daring or eager to encounter.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

huḍā (हुडा).—m A bastion.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Huḍa (हुड).—

1) A ram.

2) An iron stake for keeping out thieves.

3) A kind of fence.

4) An iron club.

5) A kind of bulwark or fence.

6) A place for voiding excrement on a chariot.

7) A cloud.

Derivable forms: huḍaḥ (हुडः).

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

Huḍa (हुड).—m.

(-ḍaḥ) 1. A ram. 2. An iron club. 3. An iron stake for keeping out thieves. E. huḍ to collect, ka aff.

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

Huḍa (हुड).—and huḍu huḍu, m. A ram, Mahābhārata 3, 640 (ḍa ?); [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 216 (ḍu).

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

Huḍa (हुड).—[masculine] ram; a cert. implement of war.

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

1) Huḍa (हुड):—[from huḍ] m. a ram, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] ([varia lectio])

2) [v.s. ...] a [particular] implement of war, [Mahābhārata]

3) [v.s. ...] a bar or iron rod for keeping out thieves, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

4) [v.s. ...] ([according to] to some) a place for voiding excrement, [ib.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Huda 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Hūḍaga (ಹೂಡಗ):—[noun] a kind of tree.

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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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Starts with (+8): Huda-hudo, Hudadamga, Hudadi, Hudadukahudaduka, Hudagani, Hudahavu, Hudahuda, Hudahuda Jvara, Hudahudanem, Hudaka, Hudakana, Hudakanem, Hudakani, Hudakavinem, Hudake, Hudala, Hudalu, Hudambula, Hudanganem, Hudani.

Ends with (+120): Achuda, Agnichuda, Agramatichitrachuda, Akhuda, Akritachuda, Amlachuda, Anashuda, Anubbhuda, Aphuda, Arunachuda, Asudapakhuda, Avachuda, Baghchuda, Bahuda, Bakhuda, Bandhuda, Barhichuda, Behuda, Bethuda, Bhadrachuda.

Full-text: Hula, Hudahuda Jvara, Huda-hudo, Hudaromashrayaphala, Vatathuda, Huramata, Hudakavinem, Sahuda, Vatahuda, Kutatti, Hucedivani, Kutavan, Hunda, Cala.

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