Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kaphi [কফি] in the Assamese language is the name of a plant identified with Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family having the following synonyms: Coffea robusta. For the possible medicinal usage of kaphi, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Kaphi [কফি] in the Bengali language, ibid. previous identification.

Kaphi [ಕಾಫಿ] in the Kannada language, ibid. previous identification.

Kaphi [काफि] in the Nepali language, ibid. previous identification.

Kaphi [కాఫీ] in the Telugu language, ibid. previous identification.

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

Kaphi in India is the name of a plant defined with Coffea arabica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coffea corymbulosa Bertol. (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Rubiaceae (1988)
· Mededeelingen uitgeven van het Department van Landbouw in NederlandschIndië (1913)

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

kāphī (काफी).—f A rāgiṇī or musical mode. See rāga.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kāphī (काफी):—(a) enough; sufficient, adequate; (nf) coffee.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kaphi (ಕಫಿ):—[adjective] of, like, producing or suffering from the humor phlegm.

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Kāphi (ಕಾಫಿ):—[noun] (mus.) a mode (more popularly called as Karnāṭaka kāpi), in Karnāṭaka system, having all the seven notes in both ascending and discending orders, but having a mutative course while ascending, derived from the main mode Kharaharapriya.

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Kāphi (ಕಾಫಿ):—

1) [noun] any of the shrubby plants as Coffea arabica, coffea robusta etc. of Rubiaceae family.

2) [noun] the bean found in the red berries of the shrub; coffee seed.

3) [noun] powder made of its bean; coffee powder.

4) [noun] a drink made from brewing these seeds, and adding milk, sugar etc. to it; coffee.

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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: Kaphidani, Kaphila, Kaphilla, Kaphin, Kaphina, Kaphini, Kaphira, Kaphishvara, Kaphitundawasa, Kaphiya.

Ends with: Kadukaphi.

Full-text: Samajha, Samajh, Kapi, Mahashravaka, Astai, Na.

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