Common cock's comb: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Common cock's comb in English is the name of a plant defined with Celosia argentea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Amaranthus purpureus Nieuwl. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
· Taxon (1978)
· Planta Medica (1997)
· Flora of Ecuador (1987)
· Journal of Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1988)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
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