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madwort

mad·wort [ mád wùrt, mád wàwrt ] (plural mad·worts or mad·wort)


noun 
Definition:
 
low-growing herb: a low-growing plant of the borage family. Flowers: small, blue. Native to: Europe, Asia.  Latin name Asperugo procumbens.

[Late 16th century. Translation of modern Latin alyssum "removing rabies"; because it was believed to cure the bites of rabid dogs]
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