Shepu, Śēpū, Śepū: 3 definitions

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Shepu means something in Marathi, biology. 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)

Shepu in India is the name of a plant defined with Anethum graveolens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ferula marathrophylla W.G. Walpers (among others).

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

· Acta Biologica Cracoviensia, Series Botanica (1982)
· Traité de Botanique Médicale Phanérogamique
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1984)
· Taxon (1982)
· Asiatic Researches (1810)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1978)

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śēpū (शेपू).—f (śatapuṣpā S) A plant, Pimpinella anisum, or Anethum grave olens. Marsh.

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sēpū (सेपू).—&c. down to sēvaī See in order under śē.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sēpu (ಸೇಪು):—[noun] an instance of (a cow, buffalo) letting the milk flow out of its udder.

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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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