ashweed Herb.
(ˈæʃwiːd)
Also 6 aish-, 7 aysh-, 9 ach-, ashe-.
[f. ash n.1 + weed.]
The Goutweed (ægopodium Podagraria).
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens 300 The seconde Imperatoria, or wylde Masterwort..is now called Herba Gerardi..In Englishe some call it Aishweede. 1617 Minsheu, Ayshweede..or Goutworte. 1861 Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. III. 27 Common Gout-weed, or Bishop's weed..was called..Asheweed. |