Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Pokala in India is the name of a plant defined with Amaranthus blitum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Euxolus ascendens (Loisel. (among others).

2) Pokala is also identified with Nicotiana tabacum It has the synonym Nicotiana mexicana Schltdl. (etc.).

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

· Journal of Japanese Botany (1938)
· Annales de la Société Botanique de Lyon (1880)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1987)
· Flora Telluriana (1836)
· Taxon (1980)
· Nicotiana

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

pōkaḷa (पोकळ).—a Hollow. 2 fig. Hollow, empty, insincere--promises: unmeaning--speech: unprofitable--an occupation or a business: light, easy, trifling--a work. In this last sense the word requires neg. con., and it is used in rejecting a supposition of facility. Ex. hēṃ kāma kāṃhīṃ pō0 navhē tū kāya samajalāsa? 3 Unsettled or unconcluded--an account or item: also indefinite or vague--speech.

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pōkaḷā (पोकळा).—m A pot-herb of the Amaranthus variety.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pōkaḷa (पोकळ).—a Hollow. Empty, insincere, un- meaning. Light. Unsettled.

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pōkaḷā (पोकळा).—m A pot-herb.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pōkaḷa (ಪೋಕಳ):—[noun] the quality of being outwardly beautiful, attractive, but worthless or not genuine.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Pokalabramha, Pokaladhotrya, Pokalajamina, Pokalakharca, Pokalapokala, Pokalasutri.

Ends with: Kattupokala, Pokalapokala.

Full-text: Pokalika, Pokalapokala, Pokali, Bharimva, Bada, Pola, Ghara, Khara.

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