Bishop wood: 1 definition
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Bishop wood 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)Bishop wood in English 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 Bischofi a trifoliata (Roxburgh) Hooker (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Voyage dans l’Inde (1844)
· Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1833)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1866)
· Asian Journal of Chemistry (5150)
· Fitoterapia (2001)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
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Partial matches: Wood.
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