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

1) Kunai in Papua New Guinea is the name of a plant defined with Imperata cylindrica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Calamagrostis lagurus (L.) Koeler (among others).

2) Kunai is also identified with Leucaena leucocephala It has the synonym Albizia grandibracteata Taub. (etc.).

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

· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· The Flora of British India (1896)
· Magazzino toscano (1772)
· Conspectus Florae Africae (1894)
· Am. Journal of Botany

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kuṉai (குனை) noun cf. கொனை. [konai.] The sharp point or tip of a thing; கூர்மையான பக்கம். பிரம்பின் குனைபடலால் [kurmaiyana pakkam. pirambin kunaipadalal] (அஷ்டப்பிரபந்தம் திருவரங். மா. [ashdappirapandam thiruvarang. ma.] 88).

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Kūṉai (கூனை) noun probably from கூனு-. [kunu-.] [Telugu: gūna, K. kūni.]

1. Large earthen boiler; மிடா. கரும் பேந்திரத் தொழுகு சாறகன் கூனையின் [mida. karum penthirath thozhugu saragan kunaiyin] (கம்பராமாயணம் ஆறுசெல். [kambaramayanam arusel.] 49).

2. Baling bucket; நீர்ச்சால். விழுந்த பேரைக் கூனைகொண் டமிழ்த்துவார்போல் [nirchal. vizhuntha peraig kunaigon damizhthuvarpol] (திருக்குற்றாலக் குறவஞ்சி [thirukkurralag kuravanchi] 28).

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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

Kunai (कुनै):—pron. neither; none; any;

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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)

Starts with: Kunai grass, Kunai-pani-hoina, Kunai-pulmey, Kunai-samayama, Kunai-samayma, Kunain, Kunaina, Kunaivantu.

Ends with: Ukunai.

Full-text: Kunai-pulmey, Kunaivantu, Kunai-samayma, Kunai grass, Kappu-kunaiaru.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Kunai, Kuṉai, Kūṉai, Koonai; (plurals include: Kunais, Kuṉais, Kūṉais, Koonais). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)

Chapter 2 - The Philosophy of the drama of creation < [Volume 4.2.1 - Philosophy of Nature]

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