ˈworm-grass
† 1. A species of stonecrop, Sedum album, with worm-like leaves. Obs.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens i. lxxvii. 114 Wilde Prickmadam, great Stone Croppe, or Worme grasse. 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. cxxxvi. 414. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Worm-Grass, an Herb that kills Worms. |
2. The Pinkroot, Spigelia marilandica, of the Southern U.S., the root and leaves of which are used as a vermifuge. Also applied to S. Anthelmia.
| 1756 P. Browne Jamaica 156 Anthelmenthia..Spigelia..Worm-grass. 1786 Abercrombie Arrangem. 66 in Gard. Assist., Spigelia marilandica, or Mariland worm grass, or Carolina India pink. 1822 Good Study Med. (1829) I. 375 The Indian-pinks, or worm-grasses..s[pigelia] anthelmia, and s. Marylandica. 1864 Grisebach Flora W. Ind. Isl. 789 Worm-grass, Spigelia Anthelmia. |