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woundwort
CIDE DICTIONARY
woundwort, n.
Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
woundwort, n. any of various plants esp. of the genus Stachys, formerly supposed to have healing properties.
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