spignel

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noun

Plural noun:

spignelsspicknelspikenelspiknel

1.
(countable, uncountable)Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family found in mountain areas in Central and Western Europe, with roots and feathery leaves used as food and for medicinal purposes.
Đồng nghĩa: baldmoney, bear's wort, bearwort, bear-wort, maldmoney, meon, meu, meum
2.
(countable, uncountable)Preceded by a descriptive word: a plant resembling Meum athamanticum.
3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The dried, powdered root of Meum athamanticum used as a cooking spice or a medicine.

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baldmoneybear's wortbearwortbear-wortmaldmoneymeonmeu meum

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Either: * an alteration of Middle English spigurnel (unidentified broomlike flowering plant with medicinal uses), borrowed from spigurnel, spigurnelle, and Anglo-Latin spigurnella, further etymology unknown; or * from spike + nail, because of the shape of its capillary leaves.