Pankuram, Paṅkuram, Paṅkūram, Paṅkūṟam: 2 definitions

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Pankuram 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) Pankuram in India is the name of a plant defined with Aconitum heterophyllum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aconitum heterophyllum Wall..

2) Pankuram is also identified with Coscinium fenestratum It has the synonym Menispermum fenestratum Gaertn. (etc.).

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

· Food and Chemical Toxicology
· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains (1833)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1990)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1821)
· Numer. List (4722)

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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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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pankuram in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Paṅkuram (பங்குரம்) noun < bhaṅgura. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி [yazhppanathu manippayagarathi])

1. The bend of a river; ஆற்றுமுடக்கு. [arrumudakku.]

2. Curve; வளைவு. [valaivu.]

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Paṅkūram (பங்கூரம்) noun perhaps from bhaṅgurā. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி [(sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi])

1. See பங்குரை. [pangurai.]

2. See பங்கூறம். [panguram.]

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Paṅkūṟam (பங்கூறம்) noun perhaps from idem. Tree turmeric. See மரமஞ்சள். (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [maramanchal. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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