herb gerardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

herb Gerard (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria).
   • 1720, E. R. (Gent.), “Things good in general for Cramps or Convulsions of the Sinews”, in The Experienc'd Farrier; Or, Farring Compleated‎^[1], page 257:

     […] Calamint given inwardly, Betony, Elecampane, Master-wort or the Herb Gerard given inwardly […]

   • 1731, Nathan Bailey, An Universal Etymological English Dictionary‎^[2]:

     GOUT WORT, the herb Gerard, Ashweed and Jump-about.