| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers.[Wordnet]. | |
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Common Expressions: Amsinckia intermedia
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| Amsinckia intermedia | Annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: Amsinckia intermedia
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| Amsinckia intermedia | Aerospace | Fiddleneck is an introduced plant found in parts of western Canada. Ingestion can cause severe diseases in horses, swine, and cattle. Hepatic cirrhosis results from ingesting the seeds of the plant. The symptoms are termed walking disease in horses and are known as hard liver disease in swine and cattle. These diseases were present mainly in California and the Pacific Northwest. With the advent of herbicides, the problems have mostly disappeared (Woolsey et al. 1952, Cheeke and Schull 1985). The pyrrolizidine alkaloids of fiddleneck cause hepatic cirrhosis in cattle, swine, and horses, mainly a result of the presence of the seeds in grain and grain screenings fed to livestock. With modern herbicides, the problem has disappeared (Cheeke and Schull 1985). General symptoms of poisoning: 1- Cattle: a- abdominal pains; b- death; c- icterus; and d- liver, cirrhosis of; 2- Horses: a- death; b- hemoglobinuria; c- icterus; and d- liver, cirrhosis of; and 3- Swine: a- abdomen, distended; b- anemia; c- appetite, loss of; d- ascites; e- death; f- icterus; g- liver, cirrhosis of; h- prostration; i- weakness; j- weight gain, reduced; and k- weight loss. (references) | |
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