palsywort

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

palsy +‎ wort, from its supposed medicinal powers.

Noun[edit]

palsywort (usually uncountable, plural palsyworts)

  1. The cowslip (Primula veris).[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1863-1879, Richard Chandler Alexander Prior, On the Popular Names of British Plants
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