Meanings
- uncountableCollinsonia canadensis, a perennial medicinal herb in the mint family, with a very hard root.
Stoneroot is found in moist, shady woods from Maine to Wisconsin, south to Florida and Kansas.
1907, Alice Henkel, American Root Drugs, page 582 more examples
Stoneroot is under the dominion of the Moon. It is used with good effect in chronic catarrh of the bladder, (as are other plants mentioned elsewhere,) whites, and weak stomach.
1867, Oliver Phelps Brown, “COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS. Stoneroot.”, in The complete herbalist; or, The people their own physicians by the use of nature's remediesStoneroot comes from the rhizome (underground stem) and root of Collinsonia canadensis, a member of the Labiatae family. Native to North America, this plant grows wild from Massachusetts and Vermont west to Wisconsin and south to Florida and Arkansas.
2000, Charles W. Fetrow, The Complete Guide To Herbal Medicines, page 525
Synonyms & antonyms
nounerect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
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Origin
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