Kimcittu, Kiṃcittu, Kincittu, Kiñcittu, Kincitttu: 3 definitions

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Kimcittu means something in biology, Tamil. 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)

Kincittu in India is the name of a plant defined with Spondias pinnata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Spondias pinnata Kurz (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Taxon (1982)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Preliminary Report on the Forest and other Vegetation of Pegu. (1875)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kincittu, for example health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, 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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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kiṃcittu (ಕಿಂಚಿತ್ತು):—[adjective] little a) small in size; not big, large or great; b) small in amount, number or degree; not much; c) short in duration or distance; brief; not long; d) small in importance or power.

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Kiṃcittu (ಕಿಂಚಿತ್ತು):—

1) [noun] a little quantity a) in size; b) in amount, number, degree.

2) [noun] a short distance or duration.

3) [noun] lack of sufficient or right importance or power.

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Kiṃcittu (ಕಿಂಚಿತ್ತು):—[adverb] in a small degree; to a slight extent; only slightly; not much; little.

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kimcittu in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kiñcittu (கிஞ்சித்து) < kiñ-cit. adverb In small quantity, a little; கொஞ்சமாக. [konchamaga.] — noun Anything narrow, limited and mean, smallness; சிறுமை. [sirumai.] (W.)

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Kiñcittu (கிஞ்சித்து) noun cf. ciñcā. Hog-plum. See புளிமா. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [pulima. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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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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