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St. James Wort en · NOUN

Etymology

St. James + wort.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris).
    • The loins are called the cheens [...] The plant sweet-leaf, a kind of St. John's wort, here called tutsen, is the French toute saine (heal all). 1880, Bottrell, William, “OLD COENISH WOEDS.”, in Stories and folk-lore of West Cornwall, page 196: