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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Camas in North America is the name of a plant defined with Camassia quamash in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Camassia esculenta (Ker Gawl.) B.L. Rob. (among others).

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

· Rhodora (1908)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1821)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
· Mol. Ecol. (3918)
· Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (1897)
· Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) (1814)

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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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