Wood-reed: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Wood-reed in English is the name of a plant defined with Cinna arundinacea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Agrostis mexicana L. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie (1812)
· Rhodora (1935)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique … Botanique (1791)
· De Graminibus unifloris et sesquifloris (1824)
· Index Kewensis (1840)
· Nomenclator Botanicus. Editio secunda (1840)
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