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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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