Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kevu in the Angami language is the name of a plant identified with Zingiber officinale Roscoe from the Zingiberaceae (Ginger) family. For the possible medicinal usage of kevu, 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.

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

1) Kevu in India is the name of a plant defined with Eleusine coracana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cynosurus coracan L. (among others).

2) Kevu is also identified with Shorea assamica It has the synonym Shorea assamica subsp. yingjiangensis Y.K. Yang & J.K. Wu (etc.).

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

· Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle d’Autun (1893)
· Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. (1956)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2009)
· American Journal of Botany
· FBI (1897)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kēvu (ಕೇವು):—

1) [noun] sexual intercourse; coition.

2) [noun] (dial.) a place designated for a meeting or assembling (esp. for transacting a secret business).

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Kēvu (ಕೇವು):—[noun] (dial.) a huge, abnormal profit or fortune.

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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

Kēvu (கேவு) [kēvutal] 5 intransitive verb cf. jēh. To breathe heavily; to gasp for breath, as a dying person; மூச்சுத் திணறுதல். [muchuth thinaruthal.] (W.)

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Kēvu (கேவு) noun White mustard. See வெண்கடுகு. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [venkadugu. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Kēvu (கேவு) noun < Urdu khewā. [Telugu: Travancore usage kēvu.] Charge for transporting goods by sea; freight; தோணிமுதலியவற்றில் ஏற்றுதற்குரிய கூலி. [thonimuthaliyavarril errutharkuriya kuli.]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kevuka, Kevukanda, Kevukinna, Kevukonda, Kevulavana, Kevulicattiram, Kevulipattiram, Kevunam, Kevupura, Kevura, Kevuracikacceti, Kevuracikam, Kevuru, Kevutumpai.

Ends with: Kurkevu.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Kevu, Kēvu, Kaevu; (plurals include: Kevus, Kēvus, Kaevus). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Folk Tales of Gujarat (and Jhaverchand Meghani) (by Vandana P. Soni)

Doshi Ma Nee Vato < [Part 4 - Dadajee Ni Vato]

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