See Also: sanicle(medicine)
sanicle(dictionary)

sanicle (iou)



sanicle noun. LME.
[Old French from medieval Latin sanicula, -culum, prob. from Latin sanus healthy, SANE, with ref. to the plant's supposed healing powers.]
A palmate-leaved umbelliferous plant, Sanicula europaea, of rich woodland (more fully wood sanicle); gen. any plant of the genus Sanicula, e.g. S. marilandica, black snakeroot. LME.
With specifying word: any of various plants of other genera thought to resemble Sanicula in form or healing properties. LME.
white sanicle US white snakeroot, Eupatorium rugosum.