Chan-chin: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Chan-chin in Japan is the name of a plant defined with Toona sinensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Surenus serrulata Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Fl. Neotrop. (1981)
· Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. (1831)
· Familiarum Naturalium Regni Vegetabilis Monographicae (1846)
· Am. J. Chin. Med. (2002)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (1997)
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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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