Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kalacu in India is the name of a plant defined with Aconitum heterophyllum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aconitum heterophyllum Wall..

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

· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains (1833)
· Numer. List (4722)

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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

Kaḷacu (ಕಳಚು):—

1) [verb] to separate; to divide; to disunite.

2) [verb] to remove, pull off, pull out or let down (as, a part from a whole).

3) [verb] to turn aside; to fend off; to ward off.

4) [verb] to scatter (a liquid, powder etc.) in drops upon.

5) [verb] to loosen; to make loose; to free from restrictions.

6) [verb] to extract; to take out; to draw out.

7) [verb] to become loose; to slip down; to fall down.

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Kaḻacu (ಕೞಚು):—[verb] = ಕೞಲ್ಚು [kalalcu].

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kalacu (கலசு) [kalacutal] 5 intransitive verb < கல-. [kala-.] [K. kalasu.] To mingle; கலத்தல். பிரமருத்திரர்கள் நடுவே கலசிநின்றால் (ஈடு-முப்பத்தாறுயிரப்படி). [kalathal. piramaruthirarkal naduve kalasininral (idu-muppatharuyirappadi).]

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Kalācu (கலாசு) noun < Urdu khalās. Shipping; மரக்கலத்தின் சம்பந்தமானது. [marakkalathin sambanthamanathu.] (W.)

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Kālācu (காலாசு) noun < கால்¹ [kal¹] + ஆசு¹. [asu¹.] Greaves; காற்கவசம். காலாசோ டறவெறிந்த கனைகழற்கால் [karkavasam. kalaso daraverintha kanaigazharkal] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 2236).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kalacukaran, Kalaculi, Kalacuram, Kalacuri, Kalacurisamvatsara, Kalacuttiram, Kalacuvetam, Kalacuvitaiyam.

Ends with: Porekalacu, Tottukalacu.

Full-text: Kalasu, Kalalicu, Kalacukaran, Kalalcu, Kala.

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