self-heal

(sĕlf'hēl')

Any of several plants reputed to have healing powers, especially Prunella vulgaris, a creeping Eurasian plant with deep violet-blue, two-lipped flowers. Also called heal-all.

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: self-heal

Perennial weed (Prunella vulgaris) in the mint family, native to North America and widespread throughout the continent. Growing 6 – 14 in. (14 – 36 cm) tall, self-heal is often a low weed in lawns. The often-prostrate branches root readily wherever they touch soil. Tiny, two-lipped, lilac-coloured or white flowers are clustered into noticeable dense, spikes. Leaves have sparsely toothed or smooth margins. Regarded in medieval times as a cure-all, the dried leaves and flowers are still brewed for soothing sore throats.

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Columbia Encyclopedia: self-heal

or heal-all, weedy perennial (Prunella vulgaris) with the typical angular stems and bluish flowers of the family Labiatae (mint family). Although it probably originated in the Old World, self-heal is now distributed throughout temperate climates and is a common plant of North American pastures and open woods. It was formerly used as a domestic remedy for sore throats and other minor ailments. Prunella is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Lamiales, family Labiatae.

WordNet: heal all

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America
Synonyms: self-heal, Prunella vulgaris

Meaning #2: common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits
Synonyms: yellow clintonia, Clintonia borealis

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