Makadi, Makaḍī: 5 definitions

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Makadi means something in Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Makadi [माकडी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Ixora pavetta Andr. from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family having the following synonyms: Ixora decipiens, Ixora arborea. For the possible medicinal usage of makadi, 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

makaḍī (मकडी).—f (markaṭa S) A female monkey or ape. Pr. lakaḍīvāñcūna makaḍī vaṭhaṇīsa yēta nāhīṃ. The word seems confined to this proverb.

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mākaḍī (माकडी).—f A creeper and its pod. It is the same as kuirī.

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mākaḍī (माकडी).—f or, commonly, mākaḍīcēṃ jhāḍa n A tree, Ixora parviflora. Grah., Torch-tree. The wood of it is much used for torches by Post-runners and night-travelers. An end is slightly bruised and then kindled. It is very oily.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

makaḍī (मकडी).—f A female monkey or ape.

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Makaḍī (मकडी):—(nf) a spider; -[kā jālā] spider’s web.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Makāḍi (ಮಕಾಡಿ):—[adverb] = ಮಕಾಡೆ [makade].

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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.

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