Nulu, Nūlu: 2 definitions
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Nulu in India is the name of a plant defined with Cassytha filiformis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ocotea cuneata Urb. (among others).
2) Nulu in Southern Africa is also identified with Carissa bispinosa It has the synonym Carandas arduina S. Moore, nom. illeg. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Diccionario botánico de los nombres vulgares cubanos y puerto-riqueños (1889)
· Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia (1763)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1954)
· Biol. Vég. (1949)
· Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn (1870)
· Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa (1932)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Nulu, for example pregnancy safety, chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, health benefits, have a look at these references.
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 corpusNūlu (ನೂಲು):—[verb] to make or draw threads from substances like cotton; to spin threads.
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Nūlu (ನೂಲು):—
1) [noun] a light, fine, string-like length of material made up of two or more fibres or strands of spun cotton, flax, silk, etc. twisted together and used in sewing; a thread.
2) [noun] a metal belt worn by women round their waist, as an ornament.
3) [noun] a mark made by carpenters on the wood with a thread coloured with a powder.
4) [noun] the breadth (or thickness) of a thread as a measure of length (used in sculpturing, carpentry, etc.).
5) [noun] a piece of woven fabric; cloth.
6) [noun] a tax levied on the quantities of thread spun, in the past.
7) [noun] ನೂಲ ಕಂಕಣ [nula kamkana] nūla kaŋkaṇa an anklet made by intertwining colour threads; ನೂಲ ಕುಕ್ಕಡಿ [nula kukkadi] nūlakukkaḍi a spindle wound with a considerable length of thread; ನೂಲ ಪರ್ಬ [nula parba] nūla parba = ನೂಲ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ [nula hunnime]; ನೂಲ ಪರ್ವ [nula parva] nūla parva = ನೂಲ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ [nula hunnime]; ನೂಲ ಹಬ್ಬ [nula habba] nūla habba = ನೂಲ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ [nula hunnime]; ನೂಲ ಹುಣ್ಣಿಮೆ [nula hunnime] nūla huṇṇime a festival observed, by weavers, on the full-moon day of Śrāvaṇa, the fifth month of Indian lunar calendar.
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Nūḷu (ನೂಳು):—
1) [noun] a passing through a narrow passage or entrance.
2) [noun] a dishonest act as deceiving, lying, etc.
3) [noun] a slipping or escaping slyly; an act or instance of escaping.
4) [noun] a particular mode of sword-fighting.
5) [noun] (poet.) a concealing of a meaning or intention making it not apparent.
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 (+1): Nulu-dumpa, Nulubatte, Nulufar, Nulugattu, Nulugumdu, Nuluhu, Nulukamdike, Nulumaduve, Nulumatta, Nulumde, Nuluntai, Nulunti, Nuluntu, Nuluppu, Nuluraippor, Nulutega, Nuluval, Nuluvale, Nuluvastra, Nuluvoy.
Ends with: Amganulu, Annenulu, Chenulu, Doddanulu, Elenulu, Ennenulu, Hamganulu, Hasunulu, Hokkunulu, Kaaraamanulu, Karamanulu, Mugilunulu, Pattunulu, Pomgunulu, Sappenulu, Sarinulu, Sitammapogunulu, Udenulu, Udinulu.
Full-text: Nul, Acciyar, Nulu-dumpa, Adu.
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