Wiregrass: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Wiregrass in English is the name of a plant defined with Juncus tenuis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Juncus macer Gray (among others).
2) Wiregrass is also identified with Panicum obtusum It has the synonym Brachiaria obtusa (Kunth) Nash (etc.).
3) Wiregrass is also identified with Stenotaphrum secundatum It has the synonym Rottboellia dimidiata (L.) L.f. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bot. Žurn. . (1996)
· Fundamenta Agrostographiae (1820)
· Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (1911)
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, ser. 2 (1991)
· Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles (1917)
· The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (3237)
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Ends with: Beach wiregrass.
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