Konu, Koṇu: 3 definitions

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Konu 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)

Konu in India is the name of a plant defined with Hymenodictyon orixense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cinchona thyrsiflora Roxb., nom. nud. (among others).

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

· Proceedings, Indian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Biological Sciences (1981)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1830)
· Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1799)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Koṇu (ಕೊಣು):—[verb] to take; to receive in one’s hand; to accept.

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Kōṇu (ಕೋಣು):—[noun] = ಕೋಣಿ [koni]1.

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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

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kōṇu (கோணு) [kōṇutal] 5 intransitive verb [Malayalam: kōṇu.]

1. To be bent, curved; வளைதல். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [valaithal. (pingalagandu)]

2. To be awry, crooked, oblique; கோணலாயிருத்தல். [konalayiruthal.]

3. To deviate, swerve from the proper course; நெறிபிறழ்தல். [neripirazhthal.]

4. To be perverse; to be changed, as circumstances; மாறுபடுதல். (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [marupaduthal. (sudamaninigandu)]

5. To have dislike or aversion; வெறுப்புக் கொள்ளு தல். கோணாதே குலவி நுழைந்தனையே [veruppug kollu thal. konathe kulavi nuzhainthanaiye] (திருவருட்பா [thiruvarudpa], vi, திருவடிப்புகழ்ச். [thiruvadippugazhs.] 1, 4).

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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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