Karkoli, Karkoḷi, Kārkōḻi, Kārkōḷi, Kārkkōḻi: 3 definitions

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Karkoli means something in biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Karkoli in India is the name of a plant defined with Chamaecrista absus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia exigua (Roxb.) Steud. (among others).

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

· Nomenclator Botanicus (1840)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (1998)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1982)
· Webbia (1955)
· Bot. Zeitung (Regensburg) (1805)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Karkoḷi (ಕರ್ಕೊಳಿ):—[noun] = ಕರ್ಕೊಳ [karkola].

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Karkoli in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kārkkōḻi (கார்க்கோழி) [kār-kōḻi] noun < கார் [kar] +. [Telugu: kārukōḍi.] Black fowl; கருங்கோழி. காட்டிடை மேய்ந்த கார்க்கோழி யோய்ப்புற்று [karungozhi. kattidai meyntha karkkozhi yoyppurru](தேவாரம் [thevaram] 890, 9).

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Kārkkōḻi (கார்க்கோழி) [kār-kōḻi] noun < idem. + probably from கொழு-. [kozhu-.] (W.)

1. Black horse-gram. See கருங்காணம். [karunganam.]

2. Black cumin. See கருஞ்சீரகம். [karunchiragam.]

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Kārkōḻi (கார்கோழி) [kār-kōḻi] noun See கார்க்கோழி². (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [karkkozhi². (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Kārkōḷi (கார்கோளி) [kār-kōḷi] noun < idem. +.

1. Straight sedge. See முத்தக்காசு. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [muthakkasu. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

2. See கார்க்கோழி². [karkkozhi².]

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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.

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