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‖ Spigelia Bot.|spaɪˈdʒiːlɪə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus, 1737), f. the name of the Belgian physician and anatomist, Adrian Spigelius (1578–1625).]
A genus of plants belonging to the order Loganiaceæ or worm-grass; a plant of this genus, esp. Spigelia marilandica, the pink-root of the Southern U.S., the roots and leaves of which are used medicinally. Also attrib.
1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 364 In the latter we may place..the spigelias, and scabiosa Indica. 1847Darlington Amer. Weeds, etc. (1860) 165 Maryland Spigelia. Carolina or Indian Pink. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 591 Loganiaceæ. The Spigelia or Strychnos Order. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 600 Spigelia is a most efficient remedy in cases of the roundworm. |