Dumb cane: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Dumb cane in English is the name of a plant defined with Dieffenbachia amoena in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dieffenbachia amoena Hort. ex Gentil.
2) Dumb cane is also identified with Dieffenbachia seguine It has the synonym Arum crudele Salisb. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Jardin de J. M. Cels (1801)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1878)
· Econ. Bot., (1972)
· J. Toxicol. Environ. Health (1976)
· Baileya (1963)
· Hortus Britannicus (1839)
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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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