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

1) Tuku in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Euclea racemosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Maba mildbraedii Gürke (among others).

2) Tuku in Venezuela is also identified with Geonoma deversa It has the synonym Gynestum deversum Poit. (etc.).

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

· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder (1906)
· Contributions du Jardin Botanique de Rio de Janeiro (1902)
· Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn (1858)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1869)
· Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem
· Enumeratio palmarum novarum quas valle fluminis Amazonum inventas et ad sertum palmarum collectas (1875)

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

Tūku (ತೂಕು):—[verb] = ತೂಗು [tugu]1.

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Tūku (ತೂಕು):—[noun] = ತೂಗು [tugu]2.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tuku (துகு) [tukutal] 6 intransitive verb < தொகு-. [thogu-.] To be gathered in a mass, as the hair; தொகுதி யாதல். சலந்துக்க சென்னிச் சடையான் கண்டாய் [thoguthi yathal. salanthukka sennis sadaiyan kanday] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 844, 3).

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Tuku (துகு) [tukuttal] 11 transitive verb Causative of துகு¹-. [thugu¹-.] To bring together, gather in a mass, as hair; தொகுதியாக்குதல். அவிழ்ந்த புரிசடை துகுக்கும் [thoguthiyakkuthal. avizhntha purisadai thugukkum] (திருவிசை. கருவூ. [thiruvisai. karuvu.] 7, 3).

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Tuku (துகு) noun perhaps from duḥkha. Pain, distress; வருத்தம். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [varutham. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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Tūku (தூகு) [tūkutal] 5 transitive verb probably from தூய்-மை. [thuy-mai.] To sweep; திருவலகிடுதல். கோமானின் றிருக்கோயி றூகேன் மெழுகேன் [thiruvalagiduthal. komanin rirukkoyi rugen mezhugen] (திருவாசகம் [thiruvasagam] 5, 14).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Tuku-tukuenal, Tukul takal, Tukuli, Tukuma, Tukumarai, Tukumuku, Tukuratukura, Tukurit, Tukuruwa, Tukut takai, Tukut takal, Tukutuku.

Ends with (+69): Akkarugutuku, Atuku, Baygutuku, Baykutuku, Botuku, Cacinakkatuku, Calakotuku, Cannacalaikkatuku, Cannacalakkatuku, Catuku, Cenkatuku, Chinakotuku, Chinna-botuku, Chinnabotuku, Cilattirkatuku, Cimaikkatuku, Cinna botuku, Cinnabotuku, Cirukatuku, Cittacatanakkatuku.

Full-text: Bani dugu, Dugu kunsigi, Tuku-tukuenal, Dugu.

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