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Definition of Sanicle

1. Noun. A plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers.

Definition of Sanicle

1. n. Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers.

Definition of Sanicle

1. Noun. (botany) Any of several plants, of the genus ''Sanicula'', having palmate compound leaves and small flowers arranged in umbels; the snakeroot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sanicle

1. a medicinal herb [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sanicle

1. Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers. Origin: F, from L. Sanare to heal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Sanicle

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

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Cor* Candy sanicle, with a round hairy Leaf, and a large white Flower. 12. ... sanicle, \vith a golden Flower. Tauni. Cor. F.allern sanicle, with a-(oft ..."

2. Weeds and wild flowers: their uses, legends, and literature by Caroline Catharine Wilkinson (1858)
"HE needs neither physician nor surgeon who hath bugle and sanicle," says the old French proverb ; and in accordance with the idea is the name borne by the ..."

3. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Cor* Candy sanicle, with a round hairy Leaf, and a large white Flower. 12. ... sanicle, \vith a golden Flower. Tauni. Cor. F.allern sanicle, with a-(oft ..."

4. Weeds and wild flowers: their uses, legends, and literature by Caroline Catharine Wilkinson (1858)
"HE needs neither physician nor surgeon who hath bugle and sanicle," says the old French proverb ; and in accordance with the idea is the name borne by the ..."

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