Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kirma [किरमा] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Canthium coromandelicum from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family having the following synonyms: Canthium parviflorum, Plectronia parviflora, Paederia valli-kara, Webera tetrandra. For the possible medicinal usage of kirma, 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

kīrma (कीर्म).—& kīrmavātāḷēṃ See kirma & kirmavātāḷēṃ.

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

kīrma (कीर्म).—m A maggot or worm.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kirma-gilaram gadi, Kirmaaniova, Kirmala, Kirmalia, Kirmani, Kirmaniova.

Full-text: Kirma-gilaram gadi, Kirima.

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