Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Navuru in the Telugu language is the name of a plant identified with Premna mollissima Roth from the Lamiaceae (Mint) family having the following synonyms: Premna latifolia, Premna viburnoides, Premna mucronata. For the possible medicinal usage of navuru, 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.

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

1) Navuru in India is the name of a plant defined with Premna mollissima in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Premna viburnoides Kurz (among others).

2) Navuru is also identified with Premna tomentosa It has the synonym Premna tomentosa Miq. ex C.B. Clarke (etc.).

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

· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1985)
· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Bot. Bihar Orissa (1925)
· Phytologia (1979)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1861)

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

Navuru (ನವುರು):—[adjective] = ನವಿರು [naviru]3.

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Navuru (ನವುರು):—[noun] = ನವಿರು [naviru]4.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Nāvūṟu (நாவூறு) [nā-ūṟu] noun < idem. +. Harm resulting from evil tongue; நாவால்வருந் தோஷம். [navalvarun thosham.] (W.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Uru, Na.

Starts with: Navuru-katte, Navurukatte.

Ends with: Manavuru.

Full-text: Navulalai, Navuru-katte.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Navuru, Nāvūṟu, Nā-ūṟu, Na-uru, Naavooru; (plurals include: Navurus, Nāvūṟus, ūṟus, urus, Naavoorus). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 6.3.8 < [Sukta 3]

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