Crossword-Solution: BISTORT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bistort | n. | An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent. |
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| ASTRINGENT medicinal drug-yielding plant | 1 answer |
| Eurasian plant with a spike of small pink flowers | 1 answer |
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Dermatological complaint
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with BISTORT (5)
Profuse Menstruation, an Easily Prepared Herb Remedy for.-- "Cranesbill Root 1 ounce White Poplar Bark 2 ounces Bistort Root 1 ounce Golden Seal 1 ounce Geranium 1/2 ounce Cloves 1/2 ounce Ginger 1/2 ounce Ground Sugar 1/2 pound Mix.
Leucorrhea, a Good Herb Remedy for.--"Inject into the vagina with a female syringe, a tea of bistort or beth root, and cranesbill, night and morning and take the following night and morning in wineglassful doses.
Monkshood, horehound, henbane, vervain (good against the spells of witches), feverfew, dog's mercury, bistort, woad, and so on, all seem like relics of the days of black-letter books.
Another Polygonum, the great Bistort, or Snakeweed, and Adderswort, is a common wild plant in the northern parts of Great Britain, having bent or crooked roots, which are difficult to be extirpated, and are strongly astringent.
The Bistort contains starch, and much tannin; likewise its rhizome (crooked root) furnishes gallic acid.