Danewort

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Danewort \Dane"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A fetid European species of elder ({Sambucus Ebulus}); dwarf
     elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also {Daneweed},
     {Dane's weed}, and {Dane's-blood}.
  
     Note: [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought


           against the Danes.]
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  danewort
       n : dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a
           nauseous odor [syn: {dwarf elder}, {Sambucus ebulus}]