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ashweed
From The 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.
[1913 Webster]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster]
