Christmas bush: 1 definition
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Christmas bush 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)1) Christmas bush in English is the name of a plant defined with Alchornea cordifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Conceveiba cordata A. Juss. (among others).
2) Christmas bush is also identified with Comocladia dodonea It has the synonym Ilex dodonaea L., Aquifoliaceae (etc.).
3) Christmas bush is also identified with Eupatorium inulifolium It has the synonym Austroeupatorium entreriense (Hieron.) R.M. King & H. Rob. (etc.).
4) Christmas bush is also identified with Eupatorium odoratum It has the synonym Osmia odorata (L.) Sch.Bip. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. (Swartz) (1788)
· Linnaea (1865)
· Niger flora, or ‘An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa’ (1849)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1820)
· Systema Naturae
· Willdenowia (1991)
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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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