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 aremedy forfits .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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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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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