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allheal en · NOUN

Etymology

From all + heal. Compare Latin panax and panacea.

Meanings

1. Any of several several plants supposed to have broad healing powers. ▸ Prunella vulgaris, a species in the mint family.
2. Any of several several plants supposed to have broad healing powers. ▸ Stachys, a genus of plants in the mint family, heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, lamb's ears, hedgenettle.
3. Any of several several plants supposed to have broad healing powers. ▸ Valeriana officinalis, a species in the valerian family.
   • Along the river Neb, at Ballig, the common valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is blooming thickly; tall, slender, pale pink, beautifully scented, moving in the wind. Also called ‘all-heal’, ‘cut-finger’ and ‘cat's love’. [1986, Richard Adams, A Nature Diary, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 82:

Forms

Relateds

selfheal · valerian · heal-all

Synonyms

heart-of-the-earth · garden heliotrope · common self-heal · heal-all · brownwort · carpenter's herb · setwall · woundwort · garden valerian · selfheal

Translations (5)

pt erva-férrea (Prunella vulgaris) · fi niittyhumala (Prunella vulgaris) · cmn 纈草 /缬草 (Prunella vulgaris) · ru черноголо́вка обыкнове́нная (Prunella vulgaris) · la panax (Prunella vulgaris)