Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The American spikenard, Aralia racemosa.
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Catherine took many long jaunts to gather her herbs -- thoroughwort, goldthread, catnip, comfrey, skullcap, pennyroyal, lobelia, peppermint, old-man's-root, snakehead and others of greater or less medicinal value.
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