Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tullu in Ghana is the name of a plant defined with Excoecaria grahamii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sapium grahamii Prain (among others).

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

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1986)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew (1906)
· Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum (1760)
· Biodiversity and Conservation (1715)
· London Journal of Botany (1843)
· Revue de Médecines et Pharmacopées Africaines (1995)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ṭullū (टुल्लू).—a Dwarfish, dumpy, short and thickset.

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ṭullū (टुल्लू).—m (Cant.) Memmbrum virile seu puerile.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ṭullū (टुल्लू).—a Dwarfish, dumpy, short and thick set.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tullu (ತುಲ್ಲು):—[noun] the external genital organs of the female, including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, and the entrance to the vagina; the pudendum muliebre; the vulva.

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Tuḷḷu (ತುಳ್ಳು):—

1) [verb] to roll oneself on the floor.

2) [verb] to jump up.

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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: Tullucittu, Tullukutti, Tullult, Tulluma, Tullumari, Tulluppotu, Tulluppucci.

Ends with: Allittullu, Mantaitullu, Payu-tullu.

Full-text: Tulluma, Tulluppucci, Tullukutti, Mantaitullu, Tullumari, Payu-tullu, Allittullu, Tullucittu, Tulluppotu.

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