prunella

pru·nel·la (pr

-n

) also pru·nelle (-n

)

A strong heavy fabric of worsted twill, used chiefly for shoe uppers, clerical robes, and academic gowns.

[Alteration of French prunelle, sloe, from Old French, diminutive of prune, prune; see prune¹.]

prunella¹, prunelle [pruːˈnɛl], prunello [pruːˈnɛləʊ]

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a strong fabric, esp a twill-weave worsted, used for gowns and the uppers of some shoes

[perhaps from prunelle, with reference to the colour of the cloth]

prunella²

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) See selfheal

[New Latin, altered from brunella, from German Braüne quinsy, which it was thought to cure]

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Noun	1.	Prunella - small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers genus Prunella asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs family Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, mint family - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary heal all, Prunella vulgaris, self-heal - decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America
	2.	Prunella - type genus of the Prunellidae genus Prunella bird genus - a genus of birds family Prunellidae, Prunellidae - hedge sparrow accentor - small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia

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accentor bird genus dunnock fabric family Labiatae family Lamiaceae family Prunellidae genus Prunella heal all hedge sparrow Labiatae Lamiaceae mint family Prunella modularis Prunella salt Prunella vulgaris prunelle Prunellidae Sal prunella	When Edna knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz's front room door and entered, she discovered that person standing beside the window, engaged in mending or patching an old prunella gaiter. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context All over the wide fields of earth grows the prunella or self-heal. Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context Those who saw them often asked how it was that a woman could keep her husband in good clothes, wear a Leghorn bonnet with flowers, embroidered muslin dresses, silk mantles, prunella boots, handsome fichus, a Chinese parasol, and drive home in a hackney-coach, and yet be virtuous; while Madame Colleville and other "ladies" of her kind could scarcely make ends meet, though they had double Madame Minard's means. Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context	prudentialism Prudentialist Prudentiality Prudentially Prudentius prudently prudery Prudhoe Bay Prudhomme prudish prudishly Prudishness Pruinate pruinose Pruinous Prumnopitys Prumnopitys amara Prumnopitys andina Prumnopitys elegans Prumnopitys ferruginea Prumnopitys taxifolia prune prune cake Prune tree prune whip prunella Prunella modularis Prunella salt Prunella vulgaris prunelle Prunellidae Prunello Pruner pruners Pruniferous pruning pruning hook pruning knife pruning saw pruning shears pruno Prunus Prunus alleghaniensis Prunus americana Prunus amygdalus Prunus angustifolia Prunus armeniaca Prunus avium Prunus besseyi Prunus capuli Prunus caroliniana	Prune Agar prune away Prune belly syndrome Prune belly syndrome Prune Belly Syndrome Network Prune butter prune cake Prune cognac Prune cognac Prune dwarf virus Prune juice Prune juice Prune juice prune juice discharge prune juice sputum prune of prune off Prune tree prune whip prune-belly syndrome prune-belly syndrome prune-belly syndrome pruned pruned pruned pruned Pruned Log Index Pruned Quadtree Pruned Tree Appearance Pruned Tree-Structured Vector Quantization prunella Prunella (bird) Prunella (plant) Prunella (plant) Prunella modularis Prunella rubeculoides Prunella salt Prunella vulgaris prunellas prunellas prunelle prunelle Prunellidae Prunellidae Prunello pruner pruner pruner pruner pruners pruners pruners prunes prunes prunes prunes Pruney bathtub skin Pruney bathtub skin Prunieres, Henri Prunières, Henri Pruniferous

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accentor
bird genus
dunnock
fabric
family Labiatae
family Lamiaceae
family Prunellidae
genus Prunella
heal all
hedge sparrow
Labiatae
Lamiaceae
mint family
Prunella modularis
Prunella salt
Prunella vulgaris
prunelle
Prunellidae
Sal prunella

When Edna knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz's front room door and entered, she discovered that person standing beside the window, engaged in mending or patching an old prunella gaiter.

The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context

All over the wide fields of earth grows the prunella or self-heal.

Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context

Those who saw them often asked how it was that a woman could keep her husband in good clothes, wear a Leghorn bonnet with flowers, embroidered muslin dresses, silk mantles, prunella boots, handsome fichus, a Chinese parasol, and drive home in a hackney-coach, and yet be virtuous; while Madame Colleville and other "ladies" of her kind could scarcely make ends meet, though they had double Madame Minard's means.

Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context

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