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Large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America
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grindelia
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n. (context medicine English) The dried stems and leaf of tarweed ((taxlink Grindelia genus)), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Grindelia \Grin*de"li*a\, n. [NL. Named after D. H. Grindel, a Russian.] (Med.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed ( Grindelia ), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.
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Grindelia ( gumweed ) is a genus of plants native to the Americas belonging to the sunflower family . The genus is named for Latvian botanist David Hieronymus Grindel, 1776–1836. Grindelia squarrosa , a plant with bright yellow flowers indigenous to much ...