nondon.
/ˈnɒndəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnɑndoʊ/ North American. Now rare.
Canadian liquorice-root, Ligusticum canadense (family Apiaceae ( Umbelliferae)), which is an alpine lovage with an aromatic root.
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1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 45 I observed..the carminative angelica lucida. [Note] Called nondo in Virginia: by the Creek and Cherokee traders, white root.
1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 160 L[igusticum] actæifolium, Michx. (Nondo. Angelico.)
1908 B. L. Robinson & M. L. Fernald Gray's New Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 7) 618 L. canadense (L.) Britton. (Nondo, Angelico)..(L. actæifolium of auth., not Michx.)—Rich ground, s. Pa. to Mo., and southw.
1974 N. Coon Dict. Useful Plants (1977) 261 Nondo... The seeds..were used by Indians as a cough remedy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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