Kurutan, Kuruṭaṉ: 2 definitions

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kurutan in Japan is the name of a plant defined with Codiaeum variegatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Croton pictus Lodd. (among others).

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

· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Species Plantarum
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1825)
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (3051)

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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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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kurutan in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kuruṭaṉ (குருடன்) noun < idem.

1. [K. kuruḍu, M. kuruṭan.] Blind man; கண்ணில்லாதவன். ஏதி லா ரிற்கட் குருடனாய் [kannillathavan. ethi la rirkad kurudanay] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 158).

2. Cukkiraṉ, as squint-eyed or with oblique vision; சுக்கிரன். (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [sukkiran. (agarathi nigandu)]

3. Dhṛtarāṣtra, as congenitally blind; பிறவிக்குருடனாகிய திருதராட்டிரன். [piravikkurudanagiya thirutharattiran.]

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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.

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