Wazkun: 1 definition

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Wazkun means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Wazkun in Morocco is the name of a plant defined with Avena fatua in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Avena nigra Wallr. (among others).

2) Wazkun is also identified with Avena sterilis It has the synonym Avena solida (Hausskn.) Herter (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Mittheilungen der Thüringischen Botanischen Vereins (1894)
· Nomenclator Botanicus. Editio secunda (1873)
· Annuario del Reale Istituto Botanico di Roma (1957)
· Catalogue Raisonné des Plantes Vasculaires du Department d’Indre-et-Loire (1908)
· Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich (1912)
· Handbok i Skandinaviens Flora, 4 edn. (1843)

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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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