Kulinjana, Kuliñjana, Kulimjana: 4 definitions

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Kulinjana means something in Marathi, biology. 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)

[«previous next»] — Kulinjana in Biology glossary
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kulinjana in India is the name of a plant defined with Alpinia galanga in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Zingiber sylvestre Gaertn., nom. illeg. (among others).

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

· Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. (1912)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1807)
· Species Plantarum. (1797)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1899)
· Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. (1923)

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kulinjana in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kuliñjana (कुलिंजन).—n (Commonly kōḷañjana) Galangal root.

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kuḷiñjana (कुळिंजन).—n (Better kōḷañjana) Galangal root.

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

kuliñjana (कुलिंजन).—f Alpenia Galanga.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kulinjana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kuliṃjana (ಕುಲಿಂಜನ):—[noun] the plant Alpinia galangas of Zingiberaceae family, whose dried rhizomes yield aromatic substances used in medicines and flavourings; java galangal.

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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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