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herb patience

American

noun

a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.

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herbs patience

plural

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herb patience

Adieu, good old sinner, you may recover it with a sallet of parsley and the herb patience; if not, sir, you know the worst.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

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