Flowering fern: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Flowering fern in English is the name of a plant defined with Osmunda regalis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis (Willd.) A. Gray (among others).
2) Flowering fern is also identified with Tectaria zeylanica It has the synonym Ophioglossum zeylanicum Houtt. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanical Miscellany (1833)
· Natural History
· Species Plantarum
· Filices Europae (1867)
· Anales de Ciencias Naturales (1802)
· Linnaea (1844)
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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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Partial matches: Fern.
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