Alternative spellings of this word include Dher.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Dhera in India is the name of a plant defined with Alangium salviifolium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Grewia salviifolia L.f. (among others).

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

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1859)
· Fitoterapia (2002)
· Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health. (2002)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1783)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ḍhēra (ढेर).—m The gummy excretion of the eyes. 2 f ( H) A distended paunch or potbelly: also attrib. a potbellied person. Applied also to huge fruits; a whacking cocoanut, a thumping jack &c. 3 f m ( H) A heap gen.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ḍhēra (ढेर).—m The gummy excretion of the eyes. c A pot-bellied person.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ḍhera (ढेर) [Also spelled dher]:—(nm) a heap; pile, accumulation; bulk, lot; (a) plenty, abundant; —[karanā] to kill; to strike down —[ho jānā] to die, to pass away; to be struck down.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+7): Dherandacandasamvada, Dheranem, Dherapotya, Dheras, Dherash, Dherathora, Ter-aticampavanai, Terai, Teraikkunti, Teraikuti, Teraimey, Teraimo, Teraipaytal, Teraipo, Teraittenkay, Teraittosham, Teraivilu, Teraiyar, Teraiyatanam, Terakam.

Ends with: Amdhera, Andhera, Anedhera, Bandhera, Dhandhera, Dudhera, Gadhera, Gaudhera, Godhera, Gudhera, Modhera, Nagapadhera, Pamdhera.

Full-text: Dheri, Dheras, Gadherakayani, Gadheri, Dherapotya, Dheranem, Dher, Bhenda.

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