Chinese grass: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Chinese grass in English is the name of a plant defined with Boehmeria nivea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ramium niveum (Linnaeus) Small (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Voy. Uranie, Bot. (1830)
· Enum. Syst. Pl. (1760)
· Fieldiana, Botany (1952)
· Fieldiana, Botany (1977)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2479)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ Bat. (1859)
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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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