Hair moss: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Hair moss in English is the name of a plant defined with Polytrichum commune in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pogonatum madagassum (Hampe) A. Jaeger (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Cryptogamica Erlangensis (1817)
· Muscologia Recentiorum Supplementum (1806)
· Die Süsswasser-Flora Mitteleuropas (1914)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1824)
· Hedwigia (1897)
· Native American Ethnobotany. (1998)
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Ends with: Maidenhair moss.
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