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Webster 1913 Edition


Sanicle

San′i-cle

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Noun.
[F., from L.
sanare
to heal.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the umbelliferous genus
Sanicula
, reputed to have healing powers.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sanicle

SAN'ICLE

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Noun.
[from L. sano, to heal.] Self-heal, a plant or genus of plants, the Sanicula; also, a plant of the genus Saxifraga. The American bastard sanicle is of the genus Mitella, and the bear's ear sanicle of the genus Cortusa.

Definition 2024


sanicle

sanicle

English

Noun

sanicle (plural sanicles)

  1. (botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Sanicula, having palmate compound leaves and small flowers arranged in umbels; the snakeroot.

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