Crabgrass: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Crabgrass in English is the name of a plant defined with Digitalis grandiflora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Digitalis orientalis Mill. (among others).
2) Crabgrass is also identified with Digitaria horizontalis It has the synonym Panicum porranthum Steud. (etc.).
3) Crabgrass is also identified with Stenotaphrum secundatum It has the synonym Diastemanthe platystachys Steud. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1855)
· Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier (1894)
· Symbolae Antillarum (1920)
· Taxon (1980)
· Taxon (2000)
· Newslett. Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. (Oslo) (1997)
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Ends with: Slender crabgrass.
Full-text: Slender crabgrass.
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