baldmoney

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1. uncountableMeum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.

   Synonyms: meu, meon, meum, spignel, bearwort

2. obsoleteuncountableA Gentianeae tribe plant, gentian or felwort.

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   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; Bitterwoort; Baldmoyne, and Baldmoney.

   1597, John Gerard, Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, Chapter 100: Of Felwoort, or Baldmoney , pages 350–352