Tarbu: 2 definitions

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Tarbu means something in 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)

Tarbu in India is the name of a plant defined with Hippophae salicifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Elaeagnus salicifolia D. Don ex Loudon (among others).

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

· An Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs
· Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt (1909)
· American Journal of Botany (1935)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)

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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

Tarbu (ತರ್ಬು):—

1) [verb] to take or clasp in the arms and press to the bosom; to hug; to embrace.

2) [verb] to clasp (something, as a bundle of hay, firewood, etc.) as for carrying.

3) [verb] to cover from all or almost all sides (as in attacking).

4) [verb] to hold (something) firmly.

5) [verb] to have sexual intercourse; to copulate.

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Tarbu (ತರ್ಬು):—

1) [verb] to check or stop (another’s movement) on the way; to obstruct.

2) [verb] to set oneself against; to act in opposition; to oppose.

3) [verb] to touch, reach.

4) [verb] to come to a halt; to stop (oneself).

5) [verb] to come in front; to be affixed at the end.

6) [verb] to surpass others or be superior in some respect or area; to excel.

7) [verb] to enclose (one’s enemy’s fort, town, etc.) with troops; to surround; to attack.

8) [verb] to force to go; to drive away.

9) [verb] to make less severe, less rigorous or less painful; to lessen; to mitigate.

10) [verb] to cause to touch, reach, fall on, etc.

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Tarbu (ತರ್ಬು):—

1) [noun] the fact or an instance of different things are being placed very closely, bundled or packed tightly together.

2) [noun] the act of hugging another; an embrace.

3) [noun] that much quantity of something that can be clasped in both the arms and carried by a person at a time.

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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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