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Meaning of GOUTWEED

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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 ({[AE]gopodium
Podagraria}); -- called also {bishop's weed}, {ashweed}, and
{herb gerard}.

 

 

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