panacaea
panacaea is the alternative form of panacea.
Meaning of panacea
Noun
panacea (plural panaceas or panaceae or panaceæ)
- A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
- Synonyms:
- heal-all, catholicon, cure-all, elixir, wonder drug, miracle cure, theriac, balm of Gilead
- A solution to all problems.
- A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
- Synonyms:
- chicken soup, miracle, magic bullet, silver bullet
- The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.
- There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Forms of panacaea
| plural | panacaeas |
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Questions about panacaea
- What is panacaea the alternative form of?
- Panacaea is the alternative form of panacea.
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