Chinese preserving melon: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Chinese preserving melon in English is the name of a plant defined with Benincasa hispida in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Benincasa hispida Cogn. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Memoria sopra una pianta cucurbitacea. (1818)
· Flora Japonica (1784)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 14 (1784)
· Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. (1783)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Monographiae Phanerogamarum (1881)
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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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