Masak: 2 definitions

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Masak means something in 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.

Ambiguity: Although Masak has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Mashaka.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Masak in Thailand is the name of a plant defined with Sapindus rarak in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dittelasma rarak Hook.f. (among others).

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

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1824)
· Genera Plantarum (1862)
· The Flora of British India (1875)

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Masak in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a mosquito..—masak (मसक) is alternatively transliterated as Masaka.

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