Tene, Tenē: 3 definitions

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Tene means something in the history of ancient India, 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.

India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Tenē (“Setaria italica”) is one of the many exogamous septs (division) among the Holeyas (field labourers). There are customs remaining which seem to indicate that the Holeya people were once masters of the land.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tene in Senegal is the name of a plant defined with Ximenia americana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Heymassoli spinosa Aubl. (among others).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1984)
· Flora Neotropica (1984)
· Species Plantarum
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1999)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica (1756)

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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

Teṇe (ತೆಣೆ):—

1) [noun] an upward slope as of ground; acclivity.

2) [noun] a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area; a platform.

3) [noun] a group of things placed, thrown or lying one on another; a heap; a pile.

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Tene (ತೆನೆ):—

1) [noun] the spike of a cereal plant, bearing grains; the ear of corn.

2) [noun] the top portion of a fortification, projecting upwards.

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Tene (ತೆನೆ):—

1) [noun] (said of animals) the condition, quality or period of being pregnant; pregnancy.

2) [noun] a cow having an offspring developing within.

3) [noun] the yellow, principal substance of an egg, as distinguished from the albumen or white; the yolk; vitellus.

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Tēne (ತೇನೆ):—[noun] the bird Vanellus indicus of Charadridae family, with brown body, black neck and chest, short tail, long legs and red wattle; red-wattled lapwing.

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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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