English Explanatory Dictionary

allheal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several several plants supposed to have broad healing powers.
  2. Prunella vulgaris, a species in the mint family.
  3. Stachys, a genus of plants in the mint family, heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, lamb's ears, hedgenettle.
  4. Valeriana officinalis, a species in the valerian family.

Word forms

allheal allheals all-heal all heal

Etymology

From all + heal. Compare Latin panax and panacea.

Synonyms

common self-heal selfheal heal-all woundwort heart-of-the-earth carpenter's herb brownwort garden valerian garden heliotrope setwall

Related words

heal-all selfheal valerian
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