Biology (plants and animals)

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

Mosu in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Acacia tortilis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa tortilis Forssk. (among others).

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

· Mabberley’s Plant-Book
· Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid (1948)
· Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde Gebräuchlichen Gewächse (1825)
· Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew (1930)
· Austral. Journal of Botany (1997)
· Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano (2008)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mōsu (ಮೋಸು):—

1) [verb] to remove or divide into parts with a sharp-edged instrument; to cut; to sever.

2) [verb] (a woman) to get her head shaved, following the death of her husband.

3) [verb] (a widow) to cover her head with the upper part of her sari (a garment worn by Indian women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder).

4) [verb] (fig.) to destroy; to demolish; to ruin.

5) [verb] (fig.) to pay an amount of money (unwillingly, as a fine, punishment, etc.).

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Mōsu (ಮೋಸು):—

1) [noun] the new, tender growth putforth by a plant or seed.

2) [noun] that from which something comes into existence, develops; the source.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Mocu, Mocukkai, Mocukku, Mocuku-mocukenal, Mocul, Mocumocenal, Mocumocenel, Mocumocu, Mocumocukkai, Mosua, Mosum, Mosumooski, Mosunyane, Mosuti.

Ends with: Karmmosu, Karmosu, Kibana-kosumosu, Kumpalamocu, Mocu, Mocumocu.

Full-text: Mocu, Thogyara.

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