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Definition of Mad-dog weed
1. Noun. An American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mad-dog Weed
Literary usage of Mad-dog weed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1832)
"Water plantain, mad-dog-weed. Wild leek. Alder. Succulent chick-weed. Pot amaranth.
False grape. Hog-weed. Wind-flower. Low anemone. Angelica. May-weed. ..."
2. C.E. Hobbs' Botanical Hand-book: Of Common Local, English, Botanical and by Charles E. Hobbs (1876)
"... Sweet smelling trefoil, Myriad leaf, • White Indian hemp, Indian rice, Poison
hemlock, mad-dog weed, Heart leaved plantain, Cottonwood tree, Brooklime, ..."
3. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"13. planla'co, (1) (water plantain, mad-dog weed. O. w. Ju. 21-) leaves ovate or
heart-ovate, obtuse or abruptly acuminate, 5 to 9-nerved: fruit 3-cornered: ..."
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