Biology (plants and animals)

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

Lipa in Philippines is the name of a plant defined with Dendrocnide meyeniana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Laportea gaudichaudiana Weddell (among others).

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

· Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. (1843)
· Voyage autour de Monde éxécuté pendant les Années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette la Bonite … Botanique (1836)
· Fragmenta Florae Philippinae (1904)
· Philippine Journal of Science (1910)
· The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore (1969)
· Woody Fl. Taiwan (1963)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

līpa (लीप).—f (lipi S) A character or manner of writing; a system of letters or characters.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Lipa (लिप).—Smearing, anointing.

Derivable forms: lipaḥ (लिपः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lipa (लिप).—m.

(-paḥ) Smearing, plastering. E. lip to smear, aff. ka .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lipa (लिप):—[from lip] m. smearing, anointing, plastering, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lipa (लिप):—(paḥ) 1. m. Smearing.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Lipa-que-pojua, Lipai, Lipana, Lipandava, Lipanem, Lipang aso, Lipang kalabaw, Lipang-dutong, Lipang-kalabau, Lipangala, Lipaputa, Lipata, Lipatana, Lipate, Lipatna, Lipauen, Lipay.

Ends with (+13): Addabalipa, Alipa, Apalipa, Balipa, Dhahulipa, Dhilipa, Dilipa, Gallipa, Ilipa, Kantalipa, Karihulipa, Karrihulipa, Khalipa, Khandalipa, Kiri hulipa, Kisuralipa, Kokilipa, Kotalipa, Nalipa, Nirdalipa.

Full-text: Pralipa, Lipa-que-pojua, Alipta, Vilipta, Lipna, Avalepana, Avalepa, Nilimpa, Nirlipta, Lipana, Limpanem, Khandalipa.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Lipa, Līpa; (plurals include: Lipas, Līpas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)

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