The Sanskrit term Laghuśīta can be transliterated into English as Laghusita or Laghushita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Laghushita in India is the name of a plant defined with Cordia obliqua in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cordia curassavica Roem. & Schult. (among others).

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

· Flora Peruviana (1799)
· Florae Fluminensis (1829)
· Species Plantarum.
· Florae Fluminensis Icones (1831)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1845)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1818)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Laghuśīta (लघुशीत):—[=laghu-śīta] [from laghu] m. Cordia Myxa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Laghushita 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Laghuśīta (ಲಘುಶೀತ):—[noun] the tree Cordia dichotoma ( = C. myxa) of Boraginaceae family.

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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)

Partial matches: Sita, Laghu.

Full-text: Laghushila.

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