Kunai, Ku峁塧i, K奴峁塧i: 3 definitions

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Introduction:

Kunai means something in biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Kunai in Papua New Guinea is the name of a plant defined with Imperata cylindrica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Calamagrostis lagurus (L.) Koeler (among others).

2) Kunai is also identified with Leucaena leucocephala It has the synonym Albizia grandibracteata Taub. (etc.).

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

· Hortus Bengalensis, or 鈥榓 Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta鈥� (1814)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· The Flora of British India (1896)
· Magazzino toscano (1772)
· Conspectus Florae Africae (1894)
· Am. Journal of Botany

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

Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Ku峁塧i (喈曕瘉喈┼瘓) noun cf. 喈曕瘖喈┼瘓. [konai.] The sharp point or tip of a thing; 喈曕瘋喈班瘝喈瘓喈喈� 喈畷喁嵿畷喈瘝. 喈喈班喁嵿喈苦喁� 喈曕瘉喈┼瘓喈疅喈侧喈侧瘝 [kurmaiyana pakkam. pirambin kunaipadalal] (喈呧喁嵿疅喈瘝喈喈班喈ㄠ瘝喈む喁� 喈む喈班瘉喈掂喈權瘝. 喈. [ashdappirapandam thiruvarang. ma.] 88).

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K奴峁塧i (喈曕瘋喈┼瘓) noun probably from 喈曕瘋喈┼瘉-. [kunu-.] [Telugu: 驳奴苍补, K. 办奴苍颈.]

1. Large earthen boiler; 喈喈熰. 喈曕喁佮喁� 喈瘒喈ㄠ瘝喈む喈班喁� 喈む瘖喈脆瘉喈曕瘉喈氞喈编畷喈┼瘝喈曕瘋喈┼瘓喈喈┼瘝 [mida. karum penthirath thozhugu saragan kunaiyin] (喈曕喁嵿喈班喈喈喈瘝喈嗋喁佮畾喁嗋喁�. [kambaramayanam arusel.] 49).

2. Baling bucket; 喈ㄠ瘈喈班瘝喈氞瘝喈氞喈侧瘝. 喈掂喈脆瘉喈ㄠ瘝喈� 喈瘒喈班瘓喈曕瘝喈曕瘋喈┼瘓喈曕瘖喈｀瘝喈熰喈苦喁嵿喁嵿喁佮喈距喁嵿喁嬥喁� [nirchal. vizhuntha peraig kunaigon damizhthuvarpol] (喈む喈班瘉喈曕瘝喈曕瘉喈编瘝喈编喈侧畷喁� 喈曕瘉喈编喈炧瘝喈氞 [thirukkurralag kuravanchi] 28).

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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.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Kunai (啶曕啶ㄠ):鈥攑ron. neither; none; any;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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