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ˈcure-ˌall
Something that cures all diseases; a universal remedy, panacea. Also fig.
1870Lowell Cathedral Poet. Wks. (1879) 452 Expect..A wondrous cure-all in equality. 1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. iii. iv. 741 It has been vaunted as a cure-all.
b. As a name for various plants: see quots. (Cf. all-heal.)
1793Nemnich (cited in Britten & Holland Plant-n.), Cure-all, Geum rivale. 1882Syd. Soc. Lex., Cure-all, the Geum virginianum and the Œnothera biennis. |