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Plant also called germander
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betony
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Betony is a common name for a plant which may refer to: Stachys , a genus of plants containing several species commonly known as betony in Europe, especially Stachys officinalis , a historically important medicinal plant Pedicularis , a genus of plants ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 Any plant of the genus ''Stachys''. 2 # (taxlink Stachys officinalis species noshow=1), an herb used in traditional European medicine. 3 (cx North America English) Any plant of the genus (taxlink Pedicularis genus noshow=1) (louseworts).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Betony \Bet"o*ny\, n.; pl. Betonies . [OE. betony, betany, F. betoine, fr. L. betonica, vettonica.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.). Note: The purple or wood betony ( Betonica officinalis , Linn.) is common in Europe, being formerly used in ...
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Dandelion, Gentian and Valerian for some reason have survived and the Homeopaths use many more, but such useful plants as Agrimony, Slippery Elm, Horehound, Bistort, Poplar, Bur Marigold, Wood Betony, Wood Sanicle, Wild Carrot, Raspberry leaves, and the Sarsaparillas are now only used by Herbalists.
Her garments, the travel-worn garb from the fisher-cot, were drenched in oil of lavendera gift from Betony and Sorrel.
To his left were seated Betony and Sorrel, now joyously reunited with their brother.
And yet, notwithstanding all this concensus of praise from writers of different epochs, it does not appear that the Betony, under chemical analysis and research, shows itself as containing any special medicinal or curative constituents.
The leaves, which follow later on, are made often into cigars, or are smoked as British herbal tobacco, being mixed for this purpose with the dried leaves and flowers of the eye-bright, buckbean, betony, thyme, and lavender, to which some persons add rose leaves, and chamomile flowers.
His other herbs, as revealed by a colleague, Count Manzetti, are the Knotgrass, the Water Betony, the Cabbage, the Stonecrop, the Houseleek, the Feverfew, and the Watercress.
He took Serenio a cup of hot betony tea, and one for himself, and settled on the edge of the platform.
Still moving carefully, she took several packets from her medicine bag and mixed up willow bark, yarrow, wood betony, and chamomile in various proportions.
She reached for the hot water and poured it over a cheesecloth bag filled with wood betony, linden flower and chamomile.
Herbert gathered several shoots of the basil, rosemary, balm, betony, etc.
So when she made her little camp, she cast circles around her with salt and iron, betony and rue, writing the runes as clear as she could, before she lit her fire to roast her nuts.
Soldiers betony, and wash himself thoroughly in a stream with lye-soap.
In my mind, I pictured the flask of boneset, the bundle of willow bark, betony, and other things I would need.
More betony and the oil of a secret plant from the marshes around Avalon.
I continued my grisly task, wishing for some betony, willow bark, and mullein.