Biology (plants and animals)

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

Pharsi in India is the name of a plant defined with Pterocarpus marsupium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lingoum marsupium (Roxb.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Familles des Plantes (1763)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1799)
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1832)

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

Pharśī (फर्शी):—(a) pertaining to the [pharśa] (see); —[salāma] an extra-deferential salutation (by bending the head so low as almost to touch the ground).

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Full-text: Pharashi, Pharsi-ghas.

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