Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cowslip, Primula veris, at one time believed to be a remedy for palsy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The cowslip (
Primula veris ); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.
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- noun The
cowslip (Primula veris).
Etymologies
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palsy + wort, from its supposed medicinal powers.
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Examples
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Former medical writers called the Cowslip _herba paralysis_, or, "palsywort," because of its supposed efficacy in relieving paralysis.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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