felonwort
English
Etymology
From felon + wort, from its supposed efficacy in treating felons ("inflammations around the nail").
Noun
felonwort (uncountable)
- Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).
- Other plants traditionally used to treat the type of bacterial infection known as a felon, such as celandine
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “felonwort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)