weedwoman

plural weedwomen

1. CaribbeanA traditional herbal medicine worker.

   The African women in St. Croix who still use herbs and plant leaves to cure many diseases are called "Weedwomen".

   1979, Gabriel Kingsley Osei, Caribbean Women: Their History and Habits, page 113

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   This kalaloo could also be referred to as a botanical garden or weed[-]woman's wonder. Its commonest ingredients were once the bane of the sugar cane grower, and flourished in his fields especially after the May and June rains.

   1980, G. A. Seaman, Ay-Ay, an Island Almanac, page 50