Ambiguity: Although Karvat has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Karavata.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Karvat [करवत] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Ficus exasperata from the Moraceae (Mulberry) family having the following synonyms: Ficus asperrima, Ficus punctifera. For the possible medicinal usage of karvat, 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.

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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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Karvat in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) lying on one side, the position of lying or sleeping on the side; a bank; —[badalana/lena] to turn from one side to the other or to change sides while lying; to adopt a new course; —[badalate rata bitana] to spend a restless night..—karvat (करवट) is alternatively transliterated as Karavaṭa.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Karvata, Karvataka, Karvatapradesha, Karvati, Karvatika, Karvatte, Karvattega.

Full-text: Karavata, Pramoda, Moda.

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