Different Names
Different names in different countries for the same plant, or substance, cause much confusion. A New Zealand doctor seeking American aid in a complaint arising from the well-known grass, cocksfoot, was informed that cocksfot was unknown in America. Eventually it was found that cocksfoot in the United States is orchard grass. Corn in England is wheat here, and corn in America is maize elsewhere.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 61, 26 June 1950, Page 5
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66Different Names Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 61, 26 June 1950, Page 5
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