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pilewort

Noun

pile=wort

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pilewort(n = noun.plant) lesser celandine, ranunculus ficaria - perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles; Array

is a kind of flower

is a member of genus ranunculus, ranunculus

pilewort, n.

A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnæus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles. Forsyth. [1913 Webster]

pilewort, n. the lesser celandine.

Etymology

PILES, f. its reputed efficacy against piles

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