sanicle

san·i·cle  (sn-kl)

n.

Any of various plants of the genus Sanicula, having usually compound leaves and compound umbels of small yellow, purple, or greenish flowers, formerly used as an astringent.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin snicula, probably from Latin snus, healthy.]

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Noun

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sanicle - 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 snakeroot herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Sanicula, Sanicula - chiefly American herbs: sanicle footsteps-of-spring, Sanicula arctopoides - sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers purple sanicle, Sanicula bipinnatifida - sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow or red or purple flowers European sanicle, Sanicula Europaea - sanicle of Europe and Asia having white to pale pink flowers