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baldmoney

/ˈbɔːldˌmʌni/

baldmoney noun: meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.

baldmoney: meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family
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Noun

baldmoney (uncountable)

  1. Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
    Synonyms:
    meu, meon, meum, spignel, bearwort
  2. (obsolete) A Gentianeae tribe plant, gentian or felwort.
    • Gentius king of Illyria was the first founder of this herbe, and the first that used it in medicine, for which cause it was called Gentian after his own name: in Greek, γεντιανή, which name also the apothecaries retaine unto this daie, and call it Gentiana: it is named in English Felwoort Gentian...1597, John Gerard, Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, Chapter 100: Of Felwoort, or Baldmoney , pages 350–352

baldmoney meaning in Arabic

baldmoney in Arabic

Meum athamanticum
مُو mū, شِبِتّ بَرِّيّ šibitt barriyy

Synonyms of baldmoney

All synonyms of baldmoney

Forms of baldmoney

alternative formbald-money
alternative formbawd money
alternative formbawd-money
alternative formbaldmoyne
alternative formbald-moyne

Origin of baldmoney

Apparently a corruption of Latin valdē bona (“very good”) (a plant mentioned in Leonhart Fuchs's Great Herbal). Earliest forms seem to come from an intermediate, unattested French form baudemoine (modern French baudremoine) and by analogy to the plant name agrimony.

Questions about baldmoney

What does baldmoney mean?
Baldmoney means meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
What is baldmoney in Arabic?
Baldmoney in Arabic is مُو (mū), شِبِتّ بَرِّيّ (šibitt barriyy). See Baldmoney meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is baldmoney?
Baldmoney is a noun.
How do you pronounce baldmoney?
Baldmoney is pronounced /ˈbɔːldˌmʌni/.

Words near baldmoney in the dictionary

  1. baldly
  2. baldmaxx
  3. baldmaxxed
  4. baldmaxxes
  5. baldmaxxing
  6. baldmoney
  7. baldness
  8. baldnesses
  9. Baldo
  10. Baldock
  11. Baldocks

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