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sanicle

Noun

san=i=cle

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sanicle(n = noun.plant) snakeroot - a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers; Array

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a member of genus sanicula, sanicula

has particulars: footsteps-of-spring, sanicula arctopoides, purple sanicle, sanicula bipinnatifida, european sanicle, sanicula europaea

sanicle, n. [F., from L. sanare to heal.].

Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers. [1913 Webster]

sanicle, n. any umbelliferous plant of the genus Sanicula, esp. S. europaea, formerly believed to have healing properties.

Etymology

ME ult. f. med.L sanicula perh. f. L sanus healthy

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