cure-alln.
a. Something that cures all diseases; a universal remedy, panacea. Also figurative.
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1870 J. R. Lowell Cathedral 50 Expect..A wondrous cure-all in equality.
1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. iv. 741 It has been vaunted as a cure-all.
b. As a name for various plants: see quots. (Cf. allheal n.)
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1793 Nemnich in J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Cure-all, Geum rivale.
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Cure-all, the Geum virginianum and the Œnothera biennis.
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