Tirupu: 2 definitions

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tirupu in India is the name of a plant defined with Hopea parviflora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

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

· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1811)

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

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tirupu (ತಿರುಪು):—

1) [verb] to turn or twist (something usu. on its axis); to cause to rotate.

2) [verb] to cause to wander.

3) [verb] to turn (something) to face another side; to make upside down.

4) [verb] to turn or coil (string, ribbon, etc.) around itself to form a ball or around something else so as to encircle it closely; to twine; to wind.

5) [verb] to turn back; to withdraw (oneself, as from facing a danger, battle, etc.).

6) [verb] to stir (as something being cooked) with or as with a ladle as to mix thoroughly.

7) [verb] to cause to wear, put on (as an ornament).

8) [verb] to crush into fine particles in a mortar by grinding.

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Tirupu (ತಿರುಪು):—

1) [noun] the act of turning or twisting (oneself).

2) [noun] (mus.) a particular type of regulated movement from one note to another.

3) [noun] the act of making another wander, roam about.

4) [noun] (dance.) circular movement.

5) [noun] a cover, lid that is threaded like a screw that can be tightened by turning in one direction and loosened by turning in another.

6) [noun] the point or region where something is bent; a turn.

7) [noun] a moving or going in a different (usu. unexpected) direction.

8) [noun] a roaming around; wandering.

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Tirupu (ತಿರುಪು):—[noun] the tree Hopea parviflora of Dipterocarpaceae family; iron wood of Malabar.

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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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