Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Piripiri in Maori is the name of a plant defined with Acaena sanguisorbae in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acaena sanguisorbae (L.) Vahl.

2) Piripiri in Society Islands is also identified with Cenchrus caliculatus It has the synonym Pennisetum calyculatum (Cav.) Spreng.) (Latin caliculus, i ‘a small cup’ (etc.).

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

· Enum. Pl. (1804)
· Sertum Austro-Caledonicum (1824)
· Flore de la Polynésie française (1892)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1854)
· Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum, quae aut sponte … (1799)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

piripiri (पिरिपिरि).—ad (Imit.) Drizzlingly, mislingly--raining.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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