Ambiguity: Although Nushi has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Nishi.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Nusi in Vietnam is the name of a plant defined with Psychotria montana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chassalia montana (Blume) Miq. (among others).

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

· Catalogus (1823)
· Numer. List (8334)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. (1872)
· Fl. Ned. Ind. (1857)

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

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nushi in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) night; ~[kara] the moon; ~[cara] a demon, evil spirit; ~[dina] day and night; ~[vasara] see ~[dina]..—nushi (निशि) is alternatively transliterated as Niśi.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nuśi (ನುಶಿ):—[noun] = ನುಸಿ [nusi]2.

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Nusi (ನುಸಿ):—

1) [verb] to enter or pass through a relatively narrow entrance.

2) [verb] to push oneself into a mob.

3) [verb] to affect distressingly as if by a wrench; to wrench.

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Nusi (ನುಸಿ):—

1) [noun] the condition of being crushed, squashed.

2) [noun] matter in the state of fine particles; powder.

3) [noun] a kind of very small moth that destroys cloth, paper, etc.

4) [noun] any very small moth that destroys grains.

5) [noun] any of various families of four-winged, chiefly night-flying lepidopteran insects, that is attracted by light; a kind of moth.

6) [noun] any of a large family (Culicidae) of two-winged dipteran insects, the females of which have skin-piercing mouthparts used to extract blood from animals, including humans, and a few varieties carry certain diseases; a mosquito.

7) [noun] a kind of small insect, esp. dipterous fly, that flies around human eyes and abound in mango season; an eye-fly.

8) [noun] a very petty, insignificant fellow; ನುಸಿ ಹಿಡಿ [nusi hidi] nusi hiḍi (cloth, paper, etc.) to be destroyed by certain kind of moth.

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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)

Ends with: Ajaghnushi, Amanushi, Anushi, Buranushi, Daivamanushi, Devamanushi, Jalamanushi, Japamunushi, Kshirabdhimanushi, Manushi, Munushi, Nirmanushi, Payomanushi, Periyamanushi, Vanamanushi, Varmanushi.

Full-text: Nusuku, Ngoor nusi, Nusugu, Thanh thaast nusi cao, Hoofng bif nusi, Nish, Nuggunusi.

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