Cow parsnip: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Cow parsnip in English is the name of a plant defined with Heracleum sphondylium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Heracleum sphondylium Bourg. ex Reut. (among others).
2) Cow parsnip is also identified with Heracleum mantegazzianum.
3) Cow parsnip is also identified with Heracleum wallichii.
4) Cow parsnip in North America is also identified with Heracleum lanatum It has the synonym Pastinaca lanata (Michx.) Koso-Pol. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Br. Med. J., (1970)
· J. Am. Med. Assoc., (2596)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Current Science (1977)
· Manual of the Botany of the Region of San Francisco Bay (1894)
· Can. Field-Nat., (1975)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Parsnip, Cow.
Ends with: Giant cow parsnip.
Full-text: Giant cow parsnip.
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