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Definition of Kidney wort

1. Noun. Widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kidney Wort

Literary usage of Kidney wort

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Primary Teacher (1882)
"Kansas, i my a, Kidney-Wort cured hi;n utter regular Phy- I ... front kidney troubles I nnd other complications was ended by tho use of 1 Kidney-Wort. ..."

2. The New Hampshire Register, Farmer's Almanac and Business Directory (1874)
"B. Skeels, of High •lío, was cured after enduring for years the а до n у of piles and kidney Hs ease, and but for the kidney wort, he says, ..."

3. American Primary Teacher (1880)
"KIDNEY-WORT has had wonderful success, and an immense sale in every part of the Country. ... As it has been proved by thousands that KIDNEY-WORT is the most ..."

4. Gazetteer and Business Directory of Chittenden County, Vermont, for 1882-83. by Hamilton Child (1882)
"Of Kidney-Wort, about 4000 gross, 576000 bottles, equal to 2.250 barrels, are shipped in the course of a year, a large proportion of which is used in the ..."

5. The English Physician; Enlarged with Three Hundred and Sixty-nine Medicines by Nicholas Culpeper (1814)
"... see Alehoof Kidney-wort is under VEN. 179 Knapweed is under SAT. 180 Knot-grass is under SAT. 182 King's Clover, see Melilot Knight's Pound-wort, ..."

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