Ashweed

2 definitions found

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

  Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from
     having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.]
     (Bot.)
     A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Aegopodium
     Podagraria}); -- called also {bishop's weed}, {ashweed}, and
     {herb gerard}.


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

  Ashweed \Ash"weed`\, n. (Bot.) [A corruption of ache-weed; F.
     ache. So named from the likeness of its leaves to those of
     ache (celery).]
     Goutweed.
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