Macoia, Macoiá: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Macoia in Brazil is the name of a plant defined with Acrocomia aculeata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Astrocaryum sclerocarpum H. Wendl. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Historia Naturalis Palmarum (1824)
· Contributions du Jardin Botanique de Rio de Janeiro (1902)
· Historia Naturalis Palmarum (1845)
· Pomona College Journal of Economic Botany and Subtropical Horticulture (1912)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Palmiers (1847)
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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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