Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The Eryngium fætidum, a fetid herb of the West Indies, used as a remedy for hysteria.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A plant (Eryngium fœtidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.

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  • noun Eryngium foetidum, a plant supposed to be a remedy for fits.

Etymologies

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From fit +‎ weed.

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Examples

  • Indeed, it is these conditions that allow the six-foot-high Case's fitweed, the author's personal favorite, to grow in such majestic stands here and nowhere else in our region.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories Karin Teague Special to The Aspen Times Aspen, CO 2009

  • Three of the best hikes out of Marble to see Case's fitweed and its showy companions are Yule Creek, Buckskin Basin, and Geneva Lake.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories Karin Teague Special to The Aspen Times Aspen, CO 2009

  • Three of the best hikes out of Marble to see Case's fitweed and its showy companions are Yule Creek, Buckskin Basin, and Geneva Lake.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories Karin Teague Special to The Aspen Times Aspen, CO 2009

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