Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Jola in India is the name of a plant defined with Sorghum bicolor in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Milium nigricans Ruiz & Pav. (among others).

2) Jola is also identified with Zea mays It has the synonym Zea mays var. tunicata Larrañaga ex A. St.-Hil. (etc.).

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

· Catalogo del Real Orto Botanico di Napoli (1845)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1829)
· Flora Peruviana (1798)
· Descripción de las Plantas (1802)
· A Manual of Botany for the Northern States (1818)
· Physiologia Plantarum (2005)

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

jōla (जोल).—f P Suiting, meeting, matching, fitting. jōlīcā That suits, meets, matches.

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

Jola (जोल):—Name of a mixed caste, [Brahma-purāṇa i, 9, 121] (also lā jāti).

[Sanskrit to German]

Jola 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

Jōḷa (ಜೋಳ):—

1) [noun] the grass Sorghum vulgare (Andropogon sorghum) of Poaceae family, that has solid stem (which is used as fodder), and which bears large panicles of spikelets with numerous glossy grains; great millet.

2) [noun] its millet used as food.

3) [noun] a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services; salary.

4) [noun] the obligation one owes toward another who has fed, helped in getting livelihood, etc. ಜೋಳಕ್ಕೆ ತಪ್ಪು [jolakke tappu] jōḷakke tappu to become an ingrate or act ungratefully; ಜೋಳದ ಪಾಳಿ [jolada pali] jōḷada pāḷi = ಜೋಳವಾಳಿ [jolavali]; ಜೋಳದ ಪಾೞಿ [jolada pali] jōḷada pāłi = ಜೋಳವಾಳಿ [jolavali]; ಜೋಳದ ಬರ [jolada bara] jōḷada bara an acute shortage of food (as during a prolonged period of drought); ಜೋಳದ ಹಂಗು [jolada hamgu] jōḷada hangu = ಜೋಳವಾಳಿ [jolavali].

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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: Jolada baeru maari, Jolada-baeru-maari, Jolada-baeru-mari, Joladhanna, Joladu, Jolagalla, Jolage, Jolah, Jolaka, Jolamaili, Jolandhar, Jolari, Jolarikshetra, Jolavalage, Jolavali, Jolavalitana, Jolavisu, Jolaya.

Ends with (+20): Ajola, Bagilujola, Bili jola, Bilijola, Dodda jola, Doddajola, Enegaar jola, Govinajola, Hallina jola, Hidijola, Huccujola, Huchhu jola, Huchhu-jola, Impi jola, Impi-jola, Jelakemjola, Kaadu-jola, Kadigejola, Kadujola, Kagejola.

Full-text (+6): Govu, Neer jola, Enegaar jola, Bili jola, Dodda jola, Meksikan jola, Kempu jola, Sakre jola, Impi jola, Huchhu jola, Ogaru jola, Musukina jola, Kundige jola, Mekke jola, Hallina jola, Jembali, Kaadu-jola, Impi-jola, Huchhu-jola, Male.

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