Biology (plants and animals)

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

Iju in Japan is the name of a plant defined with Schima wallichii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gordonia chilaunia Buch.Ham. ex D. Don (among others).

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

· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew (1915)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1900)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1919)
· Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. (1934)
· Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis (1842)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1930)

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

Īju (ಈಜು):—

1) [verb] to move through water by movements of the arms and legs or of flippers, fins, tail, etc.; to swim.

2) [verb] to move with a smooth, gliding motion, as though swimming.

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Īju (ಈಜು):—

1) [noun] the act or motion of swimming; an instance of swimming.

2) [noun] a period of swimming for sport.

3) [noun] ಈಜು ಬರುವತನಕ ನೀರಿಗಿಳಿಯಲಾಗದು, ನೀರಿಗಿಳಿಯದೆ ಈಜು ಬಾರದು [iju baruvatanaka nirigiliyalagadu, nirigiliyade iju baradu] īju baruva tanaka nīrigiḷiyalāgadu, nīrigiḷiyade īju bāradu (prov.) (a proverbial simile) 'one cannot go into water as he/she does not know swimming, while it is not possible to learn swimming unless he/she goes into water.

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Īju (ಈಜು):—[noun] the beam that connects the plough and the yoke or the main beam that is fixed across the axle of a cart.

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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: Ijuburude, Ijugara, Ijugarti, Ijugayi, Ijukola, Ijuqu, Ijurekke, Ijurogba.

Ends with (+26): Afrobrodiju, Amgiju, Anikan gbiju, Anpariju, Anriju, Anvriju, Apiju, Beriju, Biju, Brihadriju, Ciju, Dangla siju, Dhiju, Enpariju, Galiju, Gamdavariju, Gamduvariju, Giju, Hiju, Hriju.

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