Any of various plants believed to have bone-healing properties; esp. the wild pansy (Viola tricolor), common comfrey (Symphytum officinale), or…

Any of several plants typically used medicinally, esp. caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris, family Euphorbiaceae) and burnet (genera Sanguisorba and Sar…

An antidote to poison, an alexipharmic. Applied spec. to several different plants: see quot.

literal. Throatwort: a name apparently given in Old English times to different plants, either having throat-like flowers, or supposed to cure…

Originally: either of two plants, comfrey, Symphytum officinale, and the common daisy, Bellis perennis. In later use also: soapwort, Saponaria offici…

Any of various plants used in herbal medicine to treat uterine disorders or facilitate childbirth; esp. †(a) mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris (obsolete)…

Originally: any of various plants reputed to have universal healing powers, esp. Opopanax chironium. Later (in form Panax): a genus of perennial…

Any of various plants having red roots or foliage, or (esp. formerly) used medicinally to staunch bleeding, as shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pas…

A name for certain plants reputed to contain an antidote to the poison of serpents; e.g. dragonwort, fenugreek.

A name applied to various plants on account of their alleged healing virtues; formerly to Agnus Castus, and, in French, to Sanicle (Hatzfeld &…

A name for Euphorbia Helioscopia, E. Peplus, and E. Peplis (Sea Wartwort). Also applied to other plants, as Chelidonium majus and Senebiera coronopus…

A name for various plants considered to have anthelmintic properties; as swine's fennel or sulphurwort, Peucedanum officinale; Artemisia santonica, A…

Any of several medicinal herbs; esp. St. John's wort (Hypericum species). Also with the. Cf. grace, n. 4a, Gratia Dei, n. 2. Now historical and rare.

Any of several plants formerly reputed to be effective in treating whitlows: †(a) wild violet (Viola species) (obsolete); †(b) whitlow-grass, Erop…

Any of various medicinal plants; esp. hedge hyssop, Gratiola officinalis, and several cranesbills (Geranium species). Cf. grace of God, n. 2.

A name applied to certain plants having styptic properties, esp. milfoil, Achillea Millefolium, and shepherd's purse, Capsella Bursa-pastoris…

Originally: (an extract of) opopanax or a similar medicinal herb. Later: a mythical plant reputed to heal all diseases. Cf. allheal, n., panacea, n.…

Any of several medicinal plants; esp. feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium. Obsolete.

A popular name given to various plants from their use in healing wounds, esp. (a) one of the species of Stachys, often more fully as clown's woundwort…

Euphorbia Helioscopia, E. Peplus, and Chelidonium majus (the juice of these plants being used to cure warts).

A medicinal plant, esp. motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca.

Applied by Lyte to the Meadow Saffron, Colchicum autumnale; and later to the Snake's-head Iris, Iris tuberosa (Hermodactylus tuberosus), which was…

A plant reputed to heal all diseases; allheal or woundwort. Cf. panace, n. Obsolete.

the seed of some species of Artemisia, also called Wormseed.

book-name of two early-flowering plants with white blossoms, formerly reputed to cure whitlows (cf. nailwort, n.): Saxifraga tridactylites…

(a) common centaury, Centaurium erythraeum; (b) U.S. the horse gentian Triosteum perfoliatum (cf. fever-root n. (a)); (c) U.S. any of several…

fever and ague root: a North American plant used for the treatment of fevers, described as having yellow berries and elongated leaves (probably…

any of various plants whose root was formerly used as an antidote to the bites of rattlesnakes or in other medical applications, esp. (a) a North…

One or other of these plants.

Any of various plants used medicinally; esp. any of several parasitic plants of the genera Orobanche and Conopholis (family Orobanchaceae)…

any of several North American plants; esp. (a) the horse gentian Triosteum perfoliatum; (b) pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea.

Caribbean. Any of several plants used to make medicinal infusions. Cf. strong bark n. at strong, adj. compounds 3.

any of several plants having a root formerly used as a treatment for rheumatism; spec. the twin-leaf, Jeffersonia diphylla, and the wild yam, Diosco…

Herbalism. A popular name of various plants, including Rhodiola rosea, Valeriana officinalis, Prunella vulgaris, and Collinsonia canadensis.

= woundwort, n.