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bishop's-weed

bishop's-weed is the alternative form of bishop's weed.

Meaning of bishop's weed

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.
    Synonyms:
    bullwort, ground-elder, herb Gerard, bishop's goutweed
  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.

Questions about bishop's-weed

What is bishop's-weed the alternative form of?
Bishop's-weed is the alternative form of bishop's weed.

Words near bishop's-weed in the dictionary

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  2. Bishop's Waltham
  3. bishop's weed
  4. bishop's weeds
  5. bishop's wine
  6. bishop's-weed
  7. bishop's-wort
  8. bishopbird
  9. Bishopbriggs
  10. bishopdom
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