Meen: 2 definitions

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Meen 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 Meen has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Mina.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Meen in India is the name of a plant defined with Arisaema flavum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dochafa flava (Forssk.) Schott (among others).

2) Meen is also identified with Arisaema propinquum It has the synonym Arisaema sikkimense Stapf ex Chatterjee (etc.).

3) Meen is also identified with Arisaema tortuosum It has the synonym Arum curvatum Roxb. (etc.).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1978)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Prodr. Syst. Aroid. (1860)
· Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. (1959)
· Flora of the Presidency of Madras

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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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Meen in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) a fish, Pisecs—the twelth sign of the zodiac; ~[ketana/~ketu/~dhvaja] Cupid-the god of love; -[mekha karana/nikalana] to fiddle-faddle, to find faults, to pick holes in..—meen (मीन) is alternatively transliterated as Mīna.

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