[医] 益母草

[ noun ]
bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers
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Motherwort \Moth"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A labiate herb ({Leonurus Cardiaca}), of a bitter taste,
used popularly in medicine; lion's tail.
(b) The mugwort. See {Mugwort}.

Lion's tail \Li"on's tail`\ (l[imac]"[u^]nz t[=a]l`) n. (Bot.)
A genus of labiate plants ({Leonurus}); -- so called from a
fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a
lion's tail. {Leonurus Cardiaca} is the common {motherwort}.


Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. {Midge}.] (Bot.)
A somewhat aromatic composite weed ({Artemisia vulgaris}), at
one time used medicinally; -- called also {motherwort}.