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Plowman's spikenard

Plowman \Plow"man\, Ploughman \Plough"man\, n.; pl. -men.

  1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman.
    --Chaucer. Macaulay.

  2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.

    Plowman's spikenard (Bot.), a European composite weed ( Conyza squarrosa), having fragrant roots.
    --Dr. Prior.