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figwort , figwort name of plants reputed to cure ‘the fig’, i.e. piles. XVI. See FIG, WORT. Prickly Ash , prickly ash Bark and berries of Zanthoxylum americanum and Z. clava‐herculis, used as a food flavour, reputed to be a circulatory stimulant, and anti… Calumny , Calumny
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pint, reputed