Sanicle

2 definitions found

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

  Sanicle \San"i*cle\, n. [F., from L. sanare to heal.] (Bot.)
     Any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Sanicula}, reputed to
     have healing powers.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sanicle
       n : a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound
           leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed
           by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers [syn: {snakeroot}]