allheal
See also: all-heal
English
Alternative forms
- all-heal, all heal
Noun
allheal (plural allheals)
- Any of several plants supposed to have broad healing powers.
- Prunella vulgaris, a species in the mint family.
- Synonyms: common self-heal, selfheal, heal-all, woundwort, heart-of-the-earth, carpenter's herb, brownwort
- Stachys, a genus of plants in the mint family, heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, lamb's ears, hedgenettle.
- Valeriana officinalis, a species in the valerian family.
- Synonyms: garden valerian, garden heliotrope, setwall
- [1986, Richard Adams, A Nature Diary, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 82:
- Along the river Neb, at Ballig, the common valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is blooming thickly; tall, slender, pale pink, beautifully scented, moving in the wind. Also called ‘all-heal’, ‘cut-finger’ and ‘cat's love’.]
- Prunella vulgaris, a species in the mint family.
Translations
Prunella vulgaris
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Stachys — see woundwort
valerian — see valerian
References
- “allheal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “allheal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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