woundwort

English

Etymology

From wound +‎ wort.

Noun

woundwort (countable and uncountable, plural woundworts)

1. Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
   1. Any of several plants of the genus Stachys
   2. Achillea millefolium (soldier's woundwort)
   3. Anthyllis vulneraria (kidney vetch)
   4. Solidago virgaurea (European golden-rod)
   5. Bellis perennis (English daisy)
   6. Prunella vulgaris (common self-heal)

Derived terms

• clown's woundwort (Stachys palustris)
• corn woundwort (Stachys arvensis)
• field woundwort (Stachys arvensis)
• hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
• marsh woundwort (Stachys palustris)
• soldier's woundwort (Achillea millefolium)

Related terms

• liverwort (Hepatica spp.; Marchantiopsida spp.)
• lungwort (Pulmonaria spp.)
• spleenwort (Asplenium spp.)
• toothwort (Cardamine subg. Dentaria spp.)

Translations

any of several plants formerly used for wounds

• German: Berufskraut n, Berufkraut n, Wundkraut n
• Russian: око́пник (ru) m (okópnik), костоло́мка (ru) f (kostolómka)
• Serbo-Croatian: ranjenica (sh) f, okopnik m, kostolomka (sh) f
• Swedish: sårväxt c

genus Stachys

• Arabic: قَسْطَرَان m (qasṭarān)
• Armenian: աբեղախոտ (hy) (abeġaxot)
• Bulgarian: ранилист m (ranilist)
• Catalan: betònica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水蘇／水苏 (zh) (shuǐsū)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: andoorn (nl) m
• Finnish: pähkämö (fi)
• French: épiaire (fr) f
• German: Heilziest (de) m, Gliedkraut n, Wundkraut n, Ziest (de) m, Ziestkraut n, Berufskraut n / Berufkraut n, Rossnessel f
• Irish: duilleog na saor f (marsh woundwort)
• Italian: stregona f, betonica f
• Polish: czyściec (pl) m
• Russian: чисте́ц m (čistéc)
• Serbo-Croatian: čistac (sh) m
• Swedish: syska c
• Welsh: danhogen f

Achillea millefolium — see soldier's woundwort

Anthyllis vulneraria — see kidney vetch

Solidago virgaurea

• Finnish: kultapiisku (fi)
• Swedish: gullris (sv) n

Bellis perennis — see daisy

Prunella vulgaris

• Finnish: niittyhumala (fi)
• Swedish: brunört (sv) c