bishop's weed

English edit

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Aegopodium podagraria

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

bishop 's weed (countable and uncountable, plural bishop's weeds)

Aegopodium podagraria (ground elder, herb Gerard, bishop's goutweed, goutweed), a common weed of temperate regions.
Visnaga daucoides (syn. Ammi visnaga); toothpickweed.
Ammi majus (false bishop's weed, laceflower), an umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
Houttuynia cordata (heartleaf, lizard tail).
Trachyspermum ammi (ajwain), of which the flower pods and leaves are used as a spice and herb in parts of Asia and Africa.

Alternative forms edit

bishop's-weed, bishopsweed

Synonyms edit

(plant of genus Ammi): bullwort
(goutweed): ground-elder, herb Gerard, bishop's goutweed

Translations edit

Ammi majus

Greek:
Ancient: βούπλευρος f (boúpleuros)
Polish: aminek większy m

ground elder — see ground elder

References edit

Bishop's weed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ammi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aegopodium podagraria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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