Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Kanki in India is the name of a plant defined with Baccaurea courtallensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pierardia macrostachya Wight & Arn. (among others).

2) Kanki is also identified with Flacourtia indica It has the synonym Gmelina indica Burm.f. (etc.).

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

· An Interpretation of Rumphius’s Herbarium Amboinense (1917)
· Miss. stud. Lago Tana (1951)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1868)
· Flora of the British India (1887)
· Stirp. Nov. (1786)

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

kāṅkī (कांकी) [or काकी, kākī].—f A certain wild esculent vegetable. 2 Molasses &c. See kākavī.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kaṃki (ಕಂಕಿ):—

1) [noun] an ear from which the grains have been removed.

2) [noun] a cluster of fruits or nuts of coconut, areca nut, plantain etc. from which the fruits or nuts are removed.

3) [noun] a stiff bristle, with a sharp end, esp. one growing from the sheath around the seed of cereals and other grasses; an awn.

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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

Kāṅki (காங்கி) noun < kāṅkṣin. Avaricious person; பேராசைக்காரன். மற்றவன் கைத்துண்பாண் காங்கி யெனப்படுவான் [perasaikkaran. marravan kaithunpan kangi yenappaduvan] (நான்மணிக்கடிகை [nanmanikkadigai] 61).

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Kāṅki (காங்கி) noun < English Gang. Company of workmen; வேலையாளர் தொகுதி. [velaiyalar thoguthi.] Local usage

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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: Kamkilli, Kankicai, Kankidi, Kankila, Kankim, Kankisur, Kankisura, Kankisuru, Kankita.

Ends with: Ekanki, Kanakanki, Kunakanki, Malkanki, Nir-kanki, Nirkanki.

Full-text: Kangi, Kanku, Nir-kanki, Kangi bunti, Rajana, Khirani, Rayani, Arimukam, Rajadana, Kamke.

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