Goutweed

Goutweed
Goutweed Gout"weed`, Goutwort Gout"wort` . [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({[AE]gopodium Podagraria}); -- called also {bishop's weed}, {ashweed}, and {herb gerard}. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • goutweed — /gowt weed /, n. a fast spreading weed, Aegopodium podagraria, of the parsley family, native to Eurasia, having umbels of white flowers. Also called bishop s weed. [1770 80; GOUT + WEED1] * * * …   Universalium

  • goutweed — noun ground elder, a plant with scientific name Aegopodium podagraria …   Wiktionary

  • goutweed — n. fast spreading weed with small white flowers …   English contemporary dictionary

  • goutweed — noun ground elder (formerly used to treat gout) …   English new terms dictionary

  • goutweed — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a coarse European plant (Aegopodium podagraria) with umbellate white flowers …   Useful english dictionary

  • AEgopodium Podagraria — Goutweed Gout weed , Goutwort Gout wort . [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({[AE]gopodium Podagraria}); called also {bishop s weed}, {ashweed}, and {herb… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ashweed — Goutweed Gout weed , Goutwort Gout wort . [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({[AE]gopodium Podagraria}); called also {bishop s weed}, {ashweed}, and {herb… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bishop's weed — Goutweed Gout weed , Goutwort Gout wort . [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({[AE]gopodium Podagraria}); called also {bishop s weed}, {ashweed}, and {herb… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Goutwort — Goutweed Gout weed , Goutwort Gout wort . [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({[AE]gopodium Podagraria}); called also {bishop s weed}, {ashweed}, and {herb… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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