sneezewortn.
1. The plant Achillea Ptarmica, bastard or wild pellitory, the dried leaves of which are powdered and used as a sternutatory.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > sneezewort
hulworta1300
pellitory1544
Ptarmica1597
sneezewort1597
sneezing-wort1611
goose-tongue1738
greenwort1854
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > errhine > plant-derived
neezing powder1544
neezing wort1591
sneezewort1597
sneezing-wort1611
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 484 The small Sneese woort hath many rounde and brittle braunches... The smell of this plant procureth sneezing.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 484 Sneesewoort is called of some Ptarmica.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 288 We vsually call it double wilde Pelletorie, and some Sneesewort, but Elleborus albus is vsually so called.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 47 There is also a Pseudopyrethrum which is call'd Ptarmica or Sneezewort which grows in Meadows.
1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 48 in Gardeners Daily Assistant (Ptarmica) or sneeze~wort double flowered.
1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 455 Ptarmica vulgaris, or Sneezewort, is also a native of Great Britain.
1901 Scotsman 12 Nov. 8/1 The sneezewort is remarkable for its pungent qualities.
2. Applied to other plants:
a. The white hellebore, Veratrum album [compare neezewort n.]
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > white or swamp hellebore
lingwort1538
veratrum1577
sneezewort1629
poke root1687
tickle-weed1762
Indian poke1785
poke1785
hellebore1792
1629 [see sense 1].
1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Botanicum in Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Neese, or Sneese-wort, Helleborus albus.
1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 383 Wolf's bane and sneeze-wort [note, Veratrum] are taken against almost all accidents.
b. American sneezewort, Austrian sneezewort (see quots.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > sneezeweed or helenium
helenium1789
American sneezewort1845
sneezeweed1856
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Esternuer Sneesingwort, or sneesewort of Austria, wild Pellitorie of Spaine.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 317/1 Sneeze-wort, Austrian, Xeranthemum.
1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 207 H. autumnale... Sneeze-wort.
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