Alternative spellings of this word include Kurk.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kurka in the Malayalam language is the name of a plant identified with Plectranthus rotundifolius (Poir.) Spreng. from the Lamiaceae (Mint) family having the following synonyms: Coleus rotundifolius, Plectranthus tuberosus, Coleus parviflorus. For the possible medicinal usage of kurka, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kurka (कुर्क) [Also spelled kurk]:—(a) attached; distrained; —[karanā] to attach; to distrain; —[amīna] a baillif, a court-official empowered to attach property of the person against whom a decree has to be executed.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kurka (ಕುರ್ಕ):—[noun] the large, feline mammal, Panthera pardus, with either a black-spotted yellowish-fawn or all-black coat; a leopard; a panther.

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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: Kurkali, Kurkan, Kurkapullie, Kurkara, Kurkaru, Kurkata.

Ends with: Kattukurka, Katu-kurka, Mathilkkurka.

Full-text: Katu-kurka, Kurk, Croton niveus, Croton tiglium, Nala, Jatropha curcas.

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