palsywort
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From palsy + wort, from its supposed medicinal powers.
Noun
[edit]palsywort (usually uncountable, plural palsyworts)
- The cowslip (Primula veris).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 1863-1879, Richard Chandler Alexander Prior, On the Popular Names of British Plants