Old man's beard: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Old man's beard in English is the name of a plant defined with Chionanthus virginicus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
2) Old man's beard is also identified with Clematis brachiata It has the synonym Clematis hirsuta var. glabrescens A. Chev. (etc.).
3) Old man's beard is also identified with Clematis virginiana It has the synonym Clematis ligusticifolia var. brevifolia Nuttall (etc.).
4) Old man's beard is also identified with Tillandsia usneoides It has the synonym Renealmia pendula C.F. Gaertn. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanical Register (1816)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1815)
· Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada (1901)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Rhodora (1937)
· Museum Senckenbergianum (1837)
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