Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Sasive [ಸಾಸಿವೆ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. from the Brassicaceae (Mustard) family. For the possible medicinal usage of sasive, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sāsive (ಸಾಸಿವೆ):—

1) [noun] the plant Brassica juncea of Brassicaceae family; mustard plant.

2) [noun] its small, black seed used as a spice; mustard.

3) [noun] oil extracted from mustard seeds.

4) [noun] a kind of vegetable curry made using this oil.

5) [noun] a very minute unit of weight, equal to the weight of one mustard seed.

6) [noun] a very small unit of linear measure equal to the diametre of a mustard seed.

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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: Sasivegadadu, Sasivehalu, Sasivelagu, Sasivere.

Ends with: Bilisasive, Devasasive, Huccusasive, Kadusasive, Karisasive, Kempusasive, Nayisasive, Sannasasive.

Full-text: Sasuve, Sasime, Sasave, Kadusasive.

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