bishop's weed
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Etymology
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Noun
[edit]bishop's weed (countable and uncountable, plural bishop's weeds)
- Aegopodium podagraria (ground elder, herb Gerard, bishop's goutweed, goutweed), a common weed of temperate regions.
- Visnaga daucoides (syn. Ammi visnaga); toothpickweed.
- Ammi majus (false bishop's weed, laceflower), an umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
- Houttuynia cordata (heartleaf, lizard tail).
- Trachyspermum ammi (ajwain), of which the flower pods and leaves are used as a spice and herb in parts of Asia and Africa.
Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (plant of genus Ammi): bullwort
- (goutweed): ground-elder, herb Gerard, bishop's goutweed
Translations
[edit]Ammi majus
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ground elder — see ground elder
References
[edit]Bishop's weed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ammi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aegopodium podagraria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies