Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vacikantam in India is the name of a plant defined with Withania somnifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Physaloides somnifera Moench (among others).

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

· Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. Munchen (1951)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1852)
· Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. (1983)
· Candollea (1993)
· Pakistan Journal of Botany (1982)
· Journal of Palynology (1980)

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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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vācikantam (வாசிகந்தம்) noun < vājī-gandhā. Indian winter cherry. See அமுக்கிரா. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [amukkira. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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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.

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