Biology (plants and animals)

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

Koralu in India is the name of a plant defined with Setaria italica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pennisetum italicum (L.) R. Br. (among others).

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

· Linnaea (1838)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique … Supplément (1816)
· Flora Americae Septentrionalis; or, … (1813)
· Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg (1912)
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici … (1794)
· Synopsis der mitteleuropäischen Flora (1899)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Koralu, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, 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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Koralu (ಕೊರಲು):—[noun] = ಕೊರಳು [koralu].

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Koraḷu (ಕೊರಳು):—

1) [noun] the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders; the neck.

2) [noun] sound formed in the larynx etc. and uttered by the mouth, esp. human utterance in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.; voice.

3) [noun] the ability to produce this.

4) [noun] the characteristic speech sounds normally made by a particular person.

5) [noun] tone in singing.

6) [noun] an ear of grain; a spike.

7) [noun] ಕೊರಳ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೂ ಹೂತು, ಮುಗಿಲ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಹಾರು ಅಂದಹಾಗೆ [korala mattakku hutu, mugila mattakke haru amdahage] koraḷa maṭṭakkū hūtu mugila maṭṭakke hāru anda hāge (prov.) (proverbial simile) to bind the legs of a man with fetters and ask him to a race.

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Kōralu (ಕೋರಲು):—[noun] something offered in propitiation of or homage to a deity or for a cause; a sacrifice.

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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: Koralubbasa, Koralucauka, Koraludda, Koraluddam, Koralugattu, Koralugolisu, Koralugoyika, Koralugoyka, Koralugoyke, Koralukoyka, Koraluli, Koraluluhu, Koralupatti.

Ends with: Okkoralu.

Full-text: Koral, Urulu.

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No search results for Koralu, Koraḷu, Kōralu; (plurals include: Koralus, Koraḷus, Kōralus) in any book or story.