Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Lani [लानी] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Caroxylon imbricatum (Forsk.) Akhani & Roalson from the Amaranthaceae (Amaranth) family having the following synonyms: Salsola imbricata, Salsola baryosma, Salsola foetida. For the possible medicinal usage of lani, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

lāṇī (लाणी).—f R A small sickle.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Lani wai, Lani wela, Laniti, Laniting-gubat.

Ends with (+184): Adakhalani, Adathalani, Adavalani, Aglani, Ahalani, Ailani, Alalani, Alani, Allani, Amlani, Andamalani, Andulani, Angaglani, Apagataglani, Atalani, Atmaglani, Balani, Baralani, Bellani, Bhakalani.

Full-text: Lani wai, Lani wela, Lana, Matul, Mattiraiccurukkam.

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