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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Hamacas in South America is the name of a plant defined with Gossypium barbadense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hibiscus barbadensis (L.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile. Primera Sección—Zoolojía (1891)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique … Supplément (1810)
· Proceedings, Indian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Biological Sciences (1981)
· Kew Bulletin (1927)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1831)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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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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