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Petasites vulgaris
(gcide) | Coltsfoot \Colts"foot`\, n. (Bot.)
A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and
rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.
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Butterbur coltsfoot (Bot.), a European plant ({Petasites
vulgaris}).
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Petasites vulgaris
(gcide) | Pestilence \Pes"ti*lence\, n. [F. pestilence, L. pestilentia.
See Pestilent.]
1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any
contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent
and devastating.
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The pestilence that walketh in darkness. --Ps. xci.
6.
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2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to
the moral character of great numbers.
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I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. --Shak.
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Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot ({Petasites
vulgaris}), so called because formerly considered a remedy
for the plague. --Dr. Prior.
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Petasites vulgaris
(gcide) | Butterbur \But"ter*bur`\, n. (Bot.)
A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite
family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up
pats of butter.
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petasites vulgaris
(wn) | Petasites vulgaris
n 1: small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink
rayless flowers; found in moist areas [syn: butterbur,
bog rhubarb, Petasites hybridus, Petasites vulgaris] |
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