Wild amaranth: 1 definition

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

1) Wild amaranth in English is the name of a plant defined with Amaranthus angustifolius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Glomeraria graecizans (L.) Cav. (among others).

2) Wild amaranth is also identified with Amaranthus blitum It has the synonym Euxolus ascendens (Loisel. (etc.).

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

· Elenchus Plantarum Horti Regni Botanici Matritensis (1803)
· Descripción de las Plantas (1802)
· La flore adventice de Montpellier (1912)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Pyrenaea (1897)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)

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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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