Biology (plants and animals)

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

Khalagi in India is the name of a plant defined with Lathyrus sativus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lathyrus asiaticus (Zalkind) Kudr. (among others).

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

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1979)
· Bangladesh Journal of Botany (1994)
· Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (1997)
· Nomenclator Botanicus. (1840)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Tropical Plant Science Research. New Delhi (1983)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

khaḷagī (खळगी).—f (Dim. of khaḷagā) A pit or hole; a slight cavity or depression.

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

khaḷagī (खळगी).—f A pit; a slight cavity.

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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.

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