Honewort

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

  Honewort \Hone"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     An umbelliferous plant of the genus {Sison} ({Sison Amomum});
     -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
     [1913 Webster]