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GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM [2 records]

Record 1 2025-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fibre Crops
DEF

[The] bark of the roots of various cultivated cottons(especially Gossypium herbaceum) formerly used as an emmenagogue.

CONT

Given the risk of hypokalemia and the possibility of unintended use by pregnant women, cotton root bark is not recommended for the treatment of endometriosis ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes textiles

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Cotton Industry
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

An annual Old World cotton(Gossypium herbaceum) that has heart shaped 5-lobed to 7-lobed leaves, yellow flowers with purplish centers, and small fruits with large seeds and short grayish lint and is sometimes considered to be one of the ancestors of modern short-staple commercial cottons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Industrie cotonnière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Plante tropicale herbacée, à fleurs jaunes, dont le fruit est une capsule contenant des graines revêtues de longs poils cellulosiques (genre Gossypium, famille malvacées).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Industria algodonera
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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