Mistletoe: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mistletoe in English is the name of a plant defined with Erianthemum dregei in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Loranthus roseus Klotzsch) (for the German plant collector Jean François Drège, 1794– 1881, botanical explorer, traveller, at the Cape 1826, his writings include Zwei pflanzengeografi sche Dokumente. Leipzig [1843–1844] and Catalogus plantarum exsiccatarum Africae australioris, quas emturis offert. 1837–1840. See J.H. Verduyn den Boer, Botanists at the Cape. 55–58. 1929, John Hutchinson, A Botanist in Southern Africa. 642. 1946, J.H. Barnhart, Biographical Notes upon Botanists. 1: 471. 1965, Mary Gunn and Leslie E. Codd, Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa. Cape Town 1981, R. Zander, F. Encke, G. Buchheim and S. Seybold, Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. 14. Aufl . 704. 1993, Gordon Douglas Rowley, A History of Succulent Plants. California 1997. (among others).
2) Mistletoe is also identified with Viscum album.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae (1837)
· Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. (1934)
· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Beih. (1932)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1895)
· Naturw. Reise Mossambique (1861)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1922)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Mistletoe fig, Mistletoe rubber plant.
Ends with: American mistletoe, Desert mistletoe, European mistletoe, Himalayan mistletoe, Oak mistletoe.
Full-text (+40): Pulluruvi, European mistletoe, Mistletoe rubber plant, Desert mistletoe, Mistletoe fig, American mistletoe, Himalayan mistletoe, Oak mistletoe, Accamaram, Tutiyanci, Ancirikam, Marattottu, Mucaippul, Viccataiyan, Kantakacankam, Uccicceti, Ettukkanni, Nirccanku, Muttapalam, Akaimam.
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