Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Foxtail grass in English is the name of a plant defined with Cenchrus ciliaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pennisetum ciliare var. robustior Penz. (among others).

2) Foxtail grass is also identified with Hordeum jubatum It has the synonym Critesion geniculatum Raf. (etc.).

3) Foxtail grass is also identified with Setaria verticillata It has the synonym Chaetochloa brevispica Scribn. & Merr. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Willdenowia (1987)
· Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (1928)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (8679)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· Ind. Sem. Hort. Bocc. (1828)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)

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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: Foxtail, Grass.

Ends with: African foxtail grass, Bur foxtail grass, Green foxtail grass.

Full-text: African foxtail grass, Bur foxtail grass, Green foxtail grass.

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