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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common labiate plant, Stachys palustris: first so called by the herbalist Gerard because a countryman who had cut himself to the bone with a scythe was said to have healed the wound with this plant. Also called
clown's allheal and clown's wound-wort.
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