( a. )
A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
( a. )
A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012