Biology (plants and animals)

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

Rukh in Senegal is the name of a plant defined with Digitaria horizontalis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Paspalum digitatum (Sw.) Kunth (among others).

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

· Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie (1812)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez (1940)
· Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis (1827)
· Symbolae Antillarum (1903)
· Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta (1825)

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

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Rukh is another spelling for रुख [rukha].—n. 1. face; cheek; 2. facial expression; favor; countenance;

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+26): Rukh kane, Rukh katahar, Rukh kathar, Rukh pangra, Rukh-ainselu, Rukh-alu, Rukh-kaane, Rukh-kamal, Rukh-kane, Rukh-kapas, Rukha, Rukha-chucundro, Rukha-kapasa, Rukha-katahara, Rukha-unyu, Rukhabayara, Rukhadi, Rukhado, Rukhadum, Rukhai.

Ends with: Ambar-rukh, Jamrukh, Kala rukh, Kalarukh, Maharukh, Mahrukh, Marukh, Nandarukh, Potrarukh, Pulcarukh, Tadarukh.

Full-text: Kala rukh, Rukh-alu, Rukh kathar, Rukh kane, Rukh katahar, Rukh pangra, Rukh-kapas, Rukh-kamal, Rukh-ainselu, Rukh-kaane, Rukh-kane, Ambar-rukh.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Rukh; (plurals include: Rukhs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)

Story 51 - The Aet-kanda Leniya < [Part II (b) - Stories of the Tom-tom Beaters]

Story 39 - The Jackal Devatawa < [Part II (a) - Stories told of or by the Lower Castes]

Story 37 - The Lion And The Turtle < [Part I - Stories told by the Cultivating Caste and Vaeddas]

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Note on mounting giant birds < [Notes]

Note on the Garuḍa bird < [Notes]

Part 1 - Betel-Chewing in India prior to a.d. 1800 < [Appendix 8.2 - The Romance of Betel-Chewing]

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Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria (by Lewis Spence)

Chapter V - The Later Pantheon of Babylonia

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