The Collaborative International Dictionary
bishop's weed
Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ( [AE]gopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.
Wikipedia
Bishop's weed
Bishop's weed is a common name for several plants:
- Aegopodium podagraria, which is a common weed of temperate regions
- Ammi visnaga
- Ammi majus, commonly known as laceflower
- Houttuynia cordata
- Trachyspermum ammi (ajwain), of which the flower pods and leaves are used as a spice and herb in parts of Asia and Africa