Pakki, Pākki, Pakkī: 2 definitions

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Pakki means something in biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Pakki in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus tinctoria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ficus rhomboidalis H. Lév. & Vaniot (among others).

2) Pakki is also identified with Streblus asper It has the synonym Vanieria crenata Chun (etc.).

3) Pakki is also identified with Tamarix gallica It has the synonym Tamarix pentandra Pall. (etc.).

4) Pakki is also identified with Tamarix indica.

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

· Flora of Tamil Nadu (1987)
· London Journal of Botany (1848)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1928)
· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)
· Observationes Botanicae (Retzius) (1788)
· Fl. Ins. Austr. (1786)

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pakki (ಪಕ್ಕಿ):—[noun] any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg; a bird.

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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.

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