herb gerard

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herb gerard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  Herb \Herb\ ([~e]rb or h[~e]rb; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF.
     herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh`
     food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.]
     1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent,
        but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
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     Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
           the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
           produce new stems year after year.
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     2. Grass; herbage.
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              And flocks
              Grazing the tender herb.              --Milton.
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     Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet.
  
     Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (Act[ae]a spicata),
        whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The
        name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal
        fern, the wood betony, etc.
  
     Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of
        St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr.
        Prior.
  
     Herb grace, or Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue.
  
     Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite.
  
     Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the
        trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed
        poisonous.
  
     Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of Geranium (Geranium  Robertianum
        .)
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