Shile, Śile: 2 definitions

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Shile means something in biology. 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Sile in India is the name of a plant defined with Bischofia javanica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Andrachne apetala Roxb. ex Wall., nom. inval. (among others).

2) Sile in Papua New Guinea is also identified with Terminalia catappa It has the synonym Badamia commersonii Gaertn. (etc.).

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

· Plantae Javanicae Rariores (1840)
· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1926)
· Encycl. (Lamarck) (1785)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1790)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1833)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śile (ಶಿಲೆ):—

1) [noun] a large stone either detached or not from the mass; a rock.

2) [noun] a dressed, cylindrical stone, used for grinding.

3) [noun] the footstone in front of the door-frame at the entrance of a house.

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Sile (ಸಿಲೆ):—

1) [noun] a large stone either detached or not from the mass; a rock.

2) [noun] a dressed, cylindrical stone, used for grinding.

3) [noun] the footstone in front of the doorframe at the entrance of a house.

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Sile (ಸಿಲೆ):—[noun] a steel armour.

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Siḷe (ಸಿಳೆ):—[noun] the tree Bischofia javanica of Euphorbiaceae famiy.

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Sīle (ಸೀಲೆ):—[noun] = ಸೀರೆ [sire]1 - 2.

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Sīḷe (ಸೀಳೆ):—

1) [noun] the small or medium-sized, deciduous tree Cordia dichotoma ( = C. myxa) of Boraginaceae family.

2) [noun] its plum used in making pickles.

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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.

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