a widely naturalized Eurasian umbelliferous plant, Aegopodium podagraria, with white flowers and creeping underground stems
Also called: bishop's weed, ground elder, herb Gerard
goutweed in American English
(ˈɡautˌwid)
noun
a fast-spreading weed, Aegopodium podagraria, of the parsley family, native to Eurasia, having umbels of white flowers
Also called: bishop's-weed
Word origin
[1770–80; gout + weed1]This word is first recorded in the period 1770–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: embed, extra, international, shotgun, taboo
Examples of 'goutweed' in a sentence
goutweed
Thus, goutweed preparations are characterized with the regulatory mode of action and sufficient level of safety.
O. Tovchiga, O. Koyro, S. Stepanova, S. Shtrygol', V. Evlash, V. Gorban',, T. Yudkevich 2017, 'Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria L.) biological activity and the possibilities of itsuse for the correction of the lipid metabolism disorders', Harčova Nauka ì Tehnologìâhttp://journals.gsjp.eu/index.php/foodtech/article/view/726. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)