Alternative spellings of this word include Uchchataru.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Uccataru in India is the name of a plant defined with Cocos nucifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Palma cocos Mill., nom. illeg. (among others).

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

· Botanica Acta (1997)
· International Journal of Dermatology (2007)
· Kew Chromosome Conference (1995)
· Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. (2007)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· The Gardeners Dictionary

If you are looking for specific details regarding Uccataru, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Uccataru (उच्चतरु).—

1) the cocoanut tree.

2) a lofty tree in general.

Derivable forms: uccataruḥ (उच्चतरुः).

Uccataru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ucca and taru (तरु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Uccataru (उच्चतरु).—m.

(-ruḥ) 1. The cocoanut tree. 2. Any lofty tree. E. ucca and taru a tree.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Uccataru (उच्चतरु):—[=ucca-taru] [from ucca] m. the cocoa-nut tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] any lofty tree.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Uccataru (उच्चतरु):—[ucca-taru] (ruḥ) 2. m. Tall-tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Uccataru in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Uccataru (உச்சதரு) [ucca-taru] noun < ucca +. Cocoanut tree; தென்னை. (பச்சிலைமூலிகை அகராதி) [thennai. (pachilaimuligai agarathi)]

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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)

Partial matches: Ucca, Taru.

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