Ket: 4 definitions

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Ket means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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)

Ket in Cameroon is the name of a plant defined with Plukenetia conophora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tetracarpidium staudtii Pax) (Tetracarpidium Pax, from the Greek tetra ‘four’ and karpos ‘a fruit’, Latin carpidium ‘carpel’. (among others).

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

· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew (1910)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1919)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1899)
· Flora (1864)
· Fl. W. Trop. Afr. (1928)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1897)

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

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ket (केत्).—[keta] r. 10th cl. (ketayati) 1. To call or invite. 2. To counsel or advise; some authorities substitute saṅketa for this root.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ket (केत्).—i. 10, [Parasmaipada.], see kit.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ket (केत्):—(ka) ketayati 10. a. To call or invite, to counsel, or advise.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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