Category: D
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Dong Quai
Herbal Chinese plant that tastes like celery. Dong Quai also known as Tang Kwei.
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Dogwood
Tree which bears clusters of small flowers. Dogwood also known as Cornus florida. Native American tree with many interesting uses. Fevers can be warded off by chewing twigs; rootbark yields a good scarlet dye; powdered bark can be made into toothpaste or a good black ink (when mixed with iron sulphate).
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Devil’s Claw
Herb with edible, claw-like pods that is found primarily in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
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Datura Plant
Annual weed of the nightshade family. Datura Plant also known as Jimson Weed.
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Dandelion
Yellow-flowered composite plant whose leaves grow directly from the root. A weed used as a diuretic, digestion aid, and liver detoxifier. Available as an extract or in capsule form at health food stores. The plant referred to as a ‘tramp with a golden crown’ is known to all as the dandelion. Interestingly, this plant shares…
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Damiana
Herb or low shrub. Damiana also known as Turnera.
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Semiconoid
Depressed-conoidal.
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Dumose
Bushy.
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Double
Flowers, so-called ; when the petals are unduly multiplied. Having more than the “natural” number of petals. The extra petals are formed from stamens, and where these are completely transformed the flower is apt to be sterile. A flower with only a few extra petals and enough stamens for fertility is described as “semi-double.” Having…
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Dissepiments
The partitions of an ovary or a fruit.