Motherwort: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Motherwort in English is the name of a plant defined with Artemisia vulgaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artemisia vulgaris var. kamtschatica Besser, also kamschatica (among others).
2) Motherwort is also identified with Leonurus cardiaca It has the synonym Stachys triloba Stokes (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botaničeskij Žurnal (1810)
· Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. (1986)
· Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Universitatis Comenianae, Botanica (1974)
· Turun Yliopiston Julkaisuja: Sarja A II, BiologiaGeographica (1982)
· Bulletin of Botanical Research, Harbin (1988)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1984)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Common motherwort, Japanese motherwort, Worm woodlike motherwort.
Full-text: Japanese motherwort, Common motherwort, Worm woodlike motherwort.
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