Biology (plants and animals)

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

Katteri in India is the name of a plant defined with Aquilaria agallocha in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aloexylum agallochum Lour. (among others).

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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

Kāṭṭēri (ಕಾಟ್ಟೇರಿ):—[noun] name of a secondary divinity ranking between the gods and men believed to create and guard against annoyance.

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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

Kāṭṭēṟi (காட்டேறி) noun < idem. + ஏறு-. [eru-.] [Telugu: kāṭēri.] An evil spirit; ஒரு துர்த்தேவதை. [oru thurthevathai.]

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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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Starts with: Katterikayi.

Ends with: Irattakkatteri.

Full-text: Irattakkatteri, Katteru.

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