bishop's weed

English

Aegopodium podagraria

Etymology

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Noun

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

1. Aegopodium podagraria (ground elder, herb Gerard, bishop's goutweed, goutweed), a common weed of temperate regions.
2. Visnaga daucoides (syn. Ammi visnaga); toothpickweed.
3. Ammi majus (false bishop's weed, laceflower), an umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
4. Houttuynia cordata (heartleaf, lizard tail).
5. 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

• bishop's-weed, bishopsweed

Synonyms

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

Translations

Ammi majus

• Greek:

  Ancient: βούπλευρος f (boúpleuros)

• Polish: aminek większy m

ground elder — see ground elder

References

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