Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
horse-balm and heal-all.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A North American plant (
Collinsonia Canadensis ) having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, underhorse .
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- noun Collinsonia canadensis, a
perennial medicinal herb in themint family, with a very hardroot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
- noun erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
- noun erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
Etymologies
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stone + root
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Examples
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Having dispensed ointment of yawroot and blue flag and reset and bound the thumb, I settled down to the task of pounding some very aptly named stoneroot in one of the late Beaton's smaller mortars.
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