sanicle
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
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sanicle, san′ik′l, n. a plant of the genus Sanicula, the common wood-sanicle long supposed to have healing power.
Said to be an ancient Greek name of the sanicle, of obscure meaning, strangely applied by Linnus to this plant.
That country-folk use sanicle to anoint their hands “when they are chapt by the winde.”
The Old English Herbals | Eleanour Sinclair RohdeI would push my way through a tangle of sanicle, and beyond the trunk of a slim elm catch a gleam of white in the dusk.
Everyday Adventures | Samuel ScovilleHe also gives as another name, Yorkshire sanicle; and says it is called earning grass in Scotland.
Proserpina, Volume 2 | John Ruskin
British Dictionary definitions for sanicle
/ (ˈsænɪkəl) /
any umbelliferous plant of the genus Sanicula, of most regions except Australia, having clusters of small white flowers and oval fruits with hooked bristles: formerly thought to have healing powers
Origin of sanicle
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