Biology (plants and animals)

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

Muriku in India is the name of a plant defined with Butea monosperma in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rudolphia frondosa (Willd.) Poir. (among others).

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

· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (5569)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Species Plantarum. (1802)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1825)

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

Muṟiku (ಮುಱಿಕು):—[adjective] broken; cut; shortened.

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Muṟiku (ಮುಱಿಕು):—

1) [noun] a piece; a fragment; a part or portion of a whole.

2) [noun] the state of being broken.

3) [noun] a thing a part of which is broken.

4) [noun] a hole; a cavity.

5) [noun] something that resembles in all or almost all respects another.

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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: Murikuti, Murikutipacha.

Ends with: Karimuriku, Unnamuriku.

Full-text: Muruku.

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