Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of climbing herbs or shrubs including about 15 species and belonging to the family Fabaceæ.
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- noun genus of woody Asiatic vines: kudzu
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Examples
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A Thai biologist claimed that he has proved that a plant stem, known as "pueraria mirifica", can produce the female sex hormone estrogen in women and increase their bust size.
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Conducting a study of people with high blood pressure, by Shi Peiheng, researchers gave 52 people Dasheng Jiangya Oral Liquid made with gynostemma, prunella, pueraria, eucommia, gastrodia, and scrophularia.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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Conducting a study of people with high blood pressure, by Shi Peiheng, researchers gave 52 people Dasheng Jiangya Oral Liquid made with gynostemma, prunella, pueraria, eucommia, gastrodia, and scrophularia.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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And pueraria phaseoloides in grazed associations with andropogon gayanus in the eastern plains of Colombia. 33.
1. Green manure crops in irrigated and rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in south Asia. 1992
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And pueraria phaseoloides in grazed associations with andropogon gayanus in the eastern plains of Colombia.
1. Green manure crops in irrigated and rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in south Asia. 1992
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The cover may be legumes (pueraria, centrosema, crotalaria, mucuna) or grasses.
1.1. Forests 1982
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