Biology (plants and animals)

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

Sopu in India is the name of a plant defined with Foeniculum vulgare in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Anethum pannorium Roxburgh (among others).

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

· Flora Pedemontana (1785)
· Cytologia (1986)
· CIS Chromosome Information Service (1976)
· Forest Research (China) (1990)
· Deutsche Flora. Pharmaceutisch-medicinische Botanik (1882)
· Foeniculum (1768)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sōpu (ಸೋಪು):—

1) [noun] a kind of hunting by driving the prey from its hole or the bush it is hiding in.

2) [noun] a tract made by repeated passage of wild animals in a forest; a beaten path.

3) [noun] an indication, token; a sign.

4) [noun] mental concentration; attention.

5) [noun] an animal hunted or killed for food by another animal or a person; a prey.

6) [noun] a protecting; protection.

7) [noun] the duty of a watchman, guard.

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Sōpu (ಸೋಪು):—

1) [noun] the tall herb Foeniculum vulgare ( = Anethum pannori) of Apiaceae family.

2) [noun] its aromatic seed.

3) [noun] another herb Pimpinella anisum of the same family.

4) [noun] its seed.

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Sōpu (ಸೋಪು):—[noun] a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usu. made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide; a soap.

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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: Sopubia delphinifolia, Sopubia simplex, Sopur.

Ends with: Badesopu, Badi-sopu, Badisopu, Cegodatisoppu, Cukkisoppu.

Full-text: Badi-sopu, Soppu.

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