weedwoman
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]weedwoman (plural weedwomen)
- (Caribbean) A traditional herbal medicine worker.
- 1979, Gabriel Kingsley Osei, Caribbean Women: Their History and Habits, page 113:
- The African women in St. Croix who still use herbs and plant leaves to cure many diseases are called "Weedwomen".
- 1980, G. A. Seaman, Ay-Ay, an Island Almanac, page 50:
- This kalaloo could also be referred to as a botanical garden or weed[-]woman's wonder. Its commonest ingredients were once the bane of the sugar cane grower, and flourished in his fields especially after the May and June rains.