Pullu, Puḷḷu: 3 definitions

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Pullu 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)

Pullu in India is the name of a plant defined with Desmodium velutinum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Meibomia velutina (Willd.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Flora Indica (1832)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Coloured Illustrations of Plants of Taiwan (1987)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1825)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1963)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pullu (ಪುಲ್ಲು):—

1) [noun] any of various plants of the grass family that are usu. used for food, fodder or grazing and as lawns.

2) [noun] (fig.) that which is worthless.

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pullu (புல்லு) [pullutal] 5 transitive verb

1. To embrace; தழுவுதல். என்னாகம் . . . புல்லி [thazhuvuthal. ennagam . . . pulli] (புறப்பொருள்வெண்பாமாலை [purapporulvenpamalai] 9, 49).

2. To copulate; புணர்தல். தம்மைப் புலந்தாரைப் புல்லாவிடல் [punarthal. thammaip pulantharaip pullavidal] (திருக்குறள் [thirukkural], 1303).

3. To agree, suit; பத்துப்பாட்டு: பொருநராற்றுப்படை்துதல். அல்லாவாயினும் புல்லுவ வுளவே [porunthuthal. allavayinum pulluva vulave] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 221).

4. To receive warmly; வரவேற்றல். புல்லா வகம்புகுமின் . . . என்பவர் மாட்டு [varaverral. pulla vagambugumin . . . enpavar mattu] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar], 303).

5. To resemble, equal; ஒத்திருத்தல். புத்தே ளுலகிற் பொன்மரம் புல்ல [othiruthal. puthe lulagir ponmaram pulla] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 289, உரை [urai]).

6. To cling to; to join; ஒட்டுதல். [ottuthal.] (W.) — intransitive To contract friendship; நட்புச்செய்தல். ஒல்லா ரிடவயிற் புல்லிய பாங்கினும் [nadpucheythal. olla ridavayir pulliya panginum] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 76, உரை [urai]).

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Pullu (புல்லு) noun [K. pullu.] See புல்¹. [pul¹.]

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Pullu (புல்லு) noun < புள். [pul.]

1. The cat in the game of tipcat; கிட்டிப்புள். [kittippul.] Colloq.

2. Wooden toggle of a clothes-line; கொடியின் தாங்குகட்டை. [kodiyin thangugattai.] Local usage

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Puḷḷu (புள்ளு) noun < idem.

1. See புள். [pul.] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 10, 117, உரை. [urai.])

2. A species of tick-trefoil. See சிறுபுள்ளடி. (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [sirupulladi. (vaithiya muligai)]

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