Pantagruelion
/ˌpantəɡruːˈɛlɪən/literary
noun
A name given by Rabelais to: a magical plant capable through its many applications of furthering the progress of the human race.
- Usually taken to be hemp, from some of the properties Rabelais ascribes to it; as for instance providing the source of the hangman's rope, and hence a ‘cure’ for criminality..
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in John Ozell (d. 1743), translator. From French Pantagruélion from the name of Pantagruel + -ion.
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