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woundwort
English
Etymology
wound +? wort
Noun
woundwort (plural woundworts)
- Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
- Any of several plants of the genus Stachys
- Achillea millefolium (soldier's woundwort)
- Anthyllis vulneraria (kidney-vetch)
- Solidago virgaurea (European golden-rod)
- Bellis perennis (English daisy)
- Prunella vulgaris (common self-heal)
Derived terms
- clown's woundwort (Stachys palustris)
- corn woundwort (Stachys arvensis)
- field woundwort (Stachys arvensis)
- hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
- marsh woundwort (Stachys palustris)
- soldier's woundwort (Achillea millefolium)
Related terms
- liverwort
- lungwort (“pulmonaria”)
- spleenwort (“asplenium”)
- toothwort (“dentaria”)
Translations
woundwort From the web:
panacea
English
Alternative forms
- panacaea
- panacæa
Etymology
From Latin panac?a, from Ancient Greek ???????? (panákeia), from ??????? (panak?s, “all-healing”), from ??? (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ???? (ákos, “cure”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) enPR: p?n"?-s?'?, IPA(key): /?pæn.??si?.?/
- Rhymes: -i??
Noun
panacea (plural panaceas or panaceae or panaceæ)
- A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
- Synonym: heal-all
- Something that will solve all problems.
- A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
- (obsolete) The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
- There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
Synonyms
- (remedy to cure all disease): catholicon, cure-all, elixir, wonder drug
- (solution to all problems): miracle, magic bullet, silver bullet
- (plant): allheal, woundwort
Translations
See also
- nostrum
Italian
Etymology
From Latin panac?a, from Ancient Greek ???????? (panákeia), from ??????? (panak?s, “all-healing”), from ??? (pân, “all”) + ???? (ákos, “cure”).
Noun
panacea f (plural panacee)
- panacea, cure-all
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (panákeia) from ??????? (panak?s, “all-healing”), from ??? (pân, “all”) + ???? (ákos, “cure”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.na?ke?.a/, [pänä?ke?ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.na?t??e.a/, [p?n??t?????]
Noun
panac?a f (genitive panac?ae); first declension
- A particular kind of plant, believed to cure all diseases.
- panacea, catholicon.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
- panacinus
Descendants
References
- panacea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- panacea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- panacea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- panacea in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin panac?a, Ancient Greek ???????? (panákeia), from ??????? (panak?s, “all-healing”), from ??? (pân, “all”) + ???? (ákos, “cure”).
Noun
panacea f (plural panaceas)
- panacea
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