Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kulukulu in Mali is the name of a plant defined with Strychnos spinosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Strychnos carvalhoi Gilg (among others).

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

· Sylloge Plantarum Novarum (1824)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique … Botanique (1794)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1983)
· Racc. Miss. Consol. Kenya (1935)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1899)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1893)

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

Kulukulu (ಕುಲುಕುಲು):—[noun] the sound of a soft, low-toned laugh.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kulukulu (குலுகுலு) [kulukuluttal] [kulu-kulu] 11 intransitive verb Onomatopoeic

1. To creep or crawl noisily, as vermin in a basket; குறுகுறுவென்று செல்லுதல். பாம்பு பெட்டிக்குள்ளே குலுகுலுக்கின்றது. [kuruguruvenru selluthal. pambu pettikkulle kulugulukkinrathu.]

2. To make a buzzing sound, as anything in the ear; குடு குடென்றொலித்தல். காதுக்குள் ஏதோ குலுகுலுக்கின் றது. [kudu kudenrolithal. kathukkul etho kulugulukkin rathu.] (W.)

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Kuḷukuḷu (குளுகுளு) [kuḷukuḷuttal] 11 intransitive verb

1. To grow luxuriantly; செழித்து வளர்தல். பயிர்கள் குளுகுளுத்திருக்கின்றன. [sezhithu valarthal. payirkal kuluguluthirukkinrana.]

2. To become pale, sallow, wan, bloated, as in jaundice; to become weak through morbid state of the body; சோகைபற்றுதல். [sogaiparruthal.] Vulgar usage

3. To become rotten, putrid, as fruits; அழுகிப்போதல். [azhugippothal.] (J.)

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Kulukulu (कुलुकुलु):—adv. (a little water) to trickle1;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kulu.

Starts with: Kulukulu-garnu, Kulukuluppai.

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Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)

Chapter 88 - Omens (3): On ominous cries (viruta) of Birds and Beasts

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