different between betony vs allheal

English

Alternative forms

• vetony

Etymology

From Middle English betayny, betanie, from Medieval Latin bet?nia (possibly through Old French), from Latin bet?nica or ve(t)t?nica, from Vettones, a people in Lusitania. Compare French bétoine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t?ni/

Noun

betony (countable and uncountable, plural betonies)

1. Any plant of the genus Stachys.
   1. Stachys officinalis (syn. Betonica officinalis, an herb used in traditional European medicine.
2. (Canada, US) Any plant of the genus Pedicularis (louseworts).

Synonyms

• (Stachys): heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, lamb's ears, hedgenettle
• (Stachys officinalis): purple betony, bishopwort, wild hop, bishop's wort, common hedgenettle, lousewort, wood betony
• (Pedicularis): lousewort, wood betony

Translations

Further reading

• betony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• all-heal, all heal

Etymology

From all +? heal. Compare Latin panax and panacea.

Noun

allheal (plural allheals)

1. Any of several plants supposed to have broad healing powers.
   1. Prunella vulgaris, a species in the mint family.

      Synonyms: common self-heal, selfheal, heal-all, woundwort, heart-of-the-earth, carpenter's herb, brownwort

   2. Stachys, a genus of plants in the mint family, heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, lamb's ears, hedgenettle.
   3. Valeriana officinalis, a species in the valerian family.

      Synonyms: garden valerian, garden heliotrope, setwall

Translations

See also

• heal-all
• selfheal
• valerian

References

• allheal at OneLook Dictionary Search
• allheal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Lea Hall, heal-all, healall