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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Koma in Gabon is the name of a plant defined with Elaeis guineensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Palma oleosa Mill. (among others).

2) Koma is also identified with Rhodognaphalon brevicuspe It has the synonym Bombax chevalieri Pellegr. (etc.).

3) Koma in Ivory Coast is also identified with Terminalia laxiflora.

4) Koma in Nigeria is also identified with Sorghum bicolor It has the synonym Holcus saccharatus var. technicus (Körn.) Farw. (etc.).

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

· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1997)
· Revista Brasileira de Genética (1986)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
· Matières Grasses (1911)
· Flora Peruviana (1798)
· Descripción de las Plantas (1802)

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

kōma (कोम).—f ( A Tribe, family &c.) Used only in notes or writings, after the name of the wife or widow, and before the name of the husband (i. e. strīcyā nāvāpuḍhēṃ purūṣācyā nāvāmāgēṃ). Ex. jānakī bāī kōma rāmājīpanta. This word kōma is used amongst Brahmans, or where there is not the practice of the form of marriage termed pāṭa; butamongst the Kun̤bi or Shudra classes where pāṭa prevails, the word is javajē. Of the signification of kōma whether Wife or Husband there is amongst the Brahmans vehement contrariety of judgment; some arguing, on the ground of the position of the word behind the name of the male, that it is and must be Wife, wife of, in agreement with the cases of javajē, valada, & bina, words occupying the same relative position, and by all allowed to mean, the first, Wife, wife of, the two latter, Son, son of; others insisting that it must be Husband, whose husband, as determined and declared by the following male name.

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

kōma (कोम).—f Used only in notes after the name of the wife or widow, and before the name of the husband.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Koma (कोम):—n. = kloma [commentator or commentary] on [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Koma in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Koma (ಕೊಮ):—[noun] an elevated place; a mount; acclivity.

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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)

Starts with (+74): Koma ba, Koma mutoke, Koma mwhene, Komaan, Komada, Komadem, Komadi, Komainem, Komajanem, Komakal, Komakan, Komal, Komal-amri, Komal-rang, Komal-siuli, Komala, Komala tika, Komala-ranga, Komala-talu, Komalacchada.

Ends with: Akikoma, Baleekoma, Eka-satkoma, Kakomakoma, Makoma, Makoma koma, Mbiya-nkoma, Mfudukoma, Mikoma, Mkoma, Mkomakoma, Mokoma, Mtango wa nkoma, Mukoma, Nkoma, Olmkoma, Tiabolokoma, Umukoma.

Full-text: Koma mutoke, Makoma koma, Koma mwhene, Mitsu-ba-no-koma-tsunagi, Afurika-koma-tsunagi, Koma ba, Tanuki-koma-tsunagi, Kalakumba, Kombha, Javaje, Pushpanjana, Moga, Kumara-gadyanaka, Anukama.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

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