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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name early transferred from the Oriental drug zedoary to the valerian.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.), obsolete A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities (Valeriana officinalis, or V. Pyrenaica).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The plant valerian.

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