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

California sweet grass in English is the name of a plant defined with Hierochloe occidentalis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Torresia macrophylla (Thurb. ex Bol.) Hitchc. (among others).

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

· Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1862)
· Harvard Papers in Botany (1996)
· Grasses of North America for Farmers and Students (1896)
· American Journal of Botany (1915)
· Calif. Agric. Soc. Trans. (1864)
· Blumea (1985)

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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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