Crab grass: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Crab grass in English is the name of a plant defined with Digitaria setigera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Axonopus corymbosus (Roxb.) Schult. (among others).
2) Crab grass is also identified with Eleusine indica It has the synonym Juncus bulbosus Lour. (etc.).
3) Crab grass is also identified with Sporobolus virginicus It has the synonym Podosemum virginicum (L.) Link (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mexicanas Plantas (1886)
· Agrostologia Brasiliensis (1829)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1872)
· Linnaea (1859)
· Observationes Botanicae (1922)
· Australian Journal of Botany (1988)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: East indian crab grass, Indian crab grass, Itchy crab grass, Jamaican crab grass, Wire crab grass.
Full-text: Itchy crab grass, Jamaican crab grass, Indian crab grass, East indian crab grass, Wire crab grass.
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