prangos

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Etymology

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From the native name in the vicinity of Tibet, northern India, or Pakistan.

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Noun

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prangos (plural not attested)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Prangos of umbelliferous plants.
  2. (botany) Prangos pabularia

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Further reading

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  • Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Squeal-Zyg. (1845, Smedley and Rose): " [] but the most remarkable vegetable found in this region [Tibet] is the Prángós, which grows only in the neighbourhood of Drás, on the Sind'h, a stream which runs into the Lake of Kashmir. It is a new kind of umbellate, called Prangos pabularia, by Professor Lindley, [] "
  • George Henderson (M.D.), Allan Octavian Hume (1873) Lahore to Yārkand: Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870, Under T. D. Forsyth, page 39:Below Pandrás the Prangos pabularia, which is called "prangos" in Tibetan, and was once supposed to be a cure for "rot" in sheep, is very abundant.

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