SMITH-ee-uh -- named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith ...
Wikisource
set-yoo-LO-sa -- having little bristles ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: bristly smithia •
Gujarati: મોટું કાવળે motu kavale •
Kannada: ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹುರುಳಿ dodda huruli •
Konkani: मोठा कवला motha kavla •
Malayalam: വലിയ മുതിര valiya muthira •
Marathi: मोठा कवला motha kawla
botanical names:
Smithia setulosa Dalzell ...
homotypic synonyms:
Damapana setulosa (Dalzell) Kuntze ...
POWO, retrieved 01 September 2024
Bibliography / etymology
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sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
bristly smithia
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
મોટું કાવળે motu kavale
- name coined, for want of name; મોટું motu = big, large; કાવળે kavale = name given to Smithia sensitiva ... named for the plant's morphological similarity to Smithia sensitiva, and comparatively being larger
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹುರುಳಿ dodda huruli
- name coined, for want of name; ದೊಡ್ಡ dodda = big, of larger size; ಹುರುಳಿ huruli = name given to horse gram ... the plant used as forage for animals
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in:
Devanagari (कोंकणी),
Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی),
Romi (
Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
मोठा कवला motha kavla
- name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
വലിയ മുതിര valiya muthira
- name coined, for want of name; വലിയ valiya = big, of larger size; മുതിര muthira = name given to horse gram ... the whole plant used by animals as forage
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka