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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.