Biology (plants and animals)

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

Apapaya in Ghana is the name of a plant defined with Margaritaria discoidea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Flueggea klaineana Pierre ex A. Chev. (among others).

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

· Systema Naturae, ed. 12 (1767)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Exploration Botanique de l’Afrique Occidentale Française (1920)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France, Mém. (1908)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1979)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Apāpāya (अपापाय):—mfn. free from calamity or danger, [Jaina literature]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Apapayas.

Ends with: Atapapaya.

Full-text: Apapayas.

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