canigre
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Noun[edit]
canigre (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of canaigre
- 1924 January 26, W. W. Skinner (witness), “Bureau of Chemistry. Statements of Dr. Charles A. Browne, Chief of Bureau; Dr. W. W. Skinner, Assistant Chief of Bureau; […]”, in Agricultural Appropriation Bill, 1925: Hearings before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations […] in Charge of Agricultural Appropriation Bill for 1925: Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 370:
- Some years ago, when I was connected with the Arizona Experiment Station, some efforts in that direction were being made with a plant grown down in that country called Canigre. That is a plant that grows wild in certain sections of the Southwest, but because of its being a two-year crop and because of the fact that in order to make it productive, a very large amount of water was required, which made it an irrigation proposition, we determined that it would be an unprofitable crop at that time.
- 1954, Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene: Medizinisch-hygienische, Bakteriologie, Virusforschung und Parasitologie [Journal for Bacteriology, Parasitology, Infectious Dieases and Hygiene: Medical Hygiene, Bacteriology, Virus Research and Parasitology], volume 161, Jena, Thuringia: Gustav Fischer Verlag, →OCLC, page 352:
- Futhermore, other vegetable tannins, such as ground Canigre, Quebracho, Babul bark, Mimosa tannin and pure tannic acid are found to have a similar virucidal effect and are as acerin not bactericidal.
- 2000, Alfonso R. Gennaro, editor, Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 20th edition, Baltimore, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 439, column 2:
- Other teas that are potentially toxic include canigre, guarana, maté, foti and comfrey (discussed below).