Biology (plants and animals)

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

Pavili in India is the name of a plant defined with Portulaca quadrifida in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Illecebrum verticillatum Burm. f. (among others).

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

· Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l’Ile de Cuba … Botanique—Plantes Vasculaires (1845)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· Kromosomo
· Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo (1911)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Fl. Malesiana (1971)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pāvili (பாவிலி) noun < Telugu bāvilī. [K. bāvali.] A kind of ear-ornament. See கத்திரிபாவிலி. [kathiripavili.]

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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)

Starts with: Pavilion, Paviliyam, Paviliyati.

Full-text: Kattiripavili, Paviri.

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