Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kevada [केवडा] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze from the Pandanaceae (Screw pine) family having the following synonyms: Keura odorifera, Pandanus odoratissimus, Pandanus fascicularis. For the possible medicinal usage of kevada, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kēvaḍā (केवडा).—m (kētaka S) A flower tree and its flower, Pandanus odoratissimus. 2 A kēvaḍā-shaped golden ornament for the hair of women. 3 The kēvaḍā-shaped or triangular piece under the arm of an aṅgarakhā. 4 A disposition of the hair in forming the vēṇī. v ghāla, kāḍha, utara.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kēvaḍā (केवडा).—m A flower-tree and its flower. See kētaka. A kēvaḍā-shaped golden orna- ment for the hair of women. A dis- position of the hair in forming the vēṇī v ghāla, kāḍha, utara.

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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

Kevaḍā (केवडा):—(nm) pandanus, screwpine; fragrant pandanus water; —[jala] fragrant pandanus water.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kēvaḍa (ಕೇವಡ):—

1) [noun] the tree Pandanus fascicularis ( = P. odoratissimus, = P. tectorius) of Pandanaceae family; screw pine tree.

2) [noun] its flower.

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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)

Ends with: Alkevada, Pakkevada.

Full-text: Hatta, Kevadyacem Kanisa, Kantekekata.

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