Sensitive fern: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Sensitive fern in English is the name of a plant defined with Onoclea sensibilis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ragiopteris obtusilobata (Schkuhr) C. Presl (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Huntia (1987)
· Univ. N. H. Agric. Stn. Tech. Bull., (1944)
· Journal für die Botanik (Schrader) (1801)
· Species Plantarum
· Deutschland’s kryptogamische Gewächse (1809)
· Tentamen Pteridographiae (1836)
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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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Partial matches: Fern.
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