hog's wort

English

Noun

hog's wort (plural not attested)

1. A plant of the genus Peucedanum.
   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 254:

     Round the fish are placed four flat stones, on which the plant hog's wort (Peucedanum leiocarpum, Nutt.), red paint, and bulrushes are burnt as an offering to the salmon.