Western wheatgrass: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Western wheatgrass in English is the name of a plant defined with Pascopyrum smithii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Agropyron occidentale var. occidentale (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Crop Sci. (Madison) (1983)
· Canadian Journal of Botany (1960)
· Taxon (1980)
· Bulletin Colorado State University Experiment Station (1906)
· Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1885)
· Phytologia (1984)
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