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benedictus

[ben-i-dik-tuhs] / ˌbɛn ɪˈdɪk təs /


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Carduus benedictus, honeysuckle, woodbine, oak, orange, rose, sedges, willow.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

Should Nature seem disposed to relieve herself by Sweatings, it should be encouraged; and I have often known an Infusion of the Carduus benedictus, or blessed Thistle, produce this Effect very successfully.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot

Scabious, Wood-betony, Brown-mayweed, Mints, Avence, Tormentil, Carduus benedictus, and Rosemary as much as of anything else, and Angelica if you will.

From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Anne MacDonell

And the other part of the choir answered: "Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus."

From En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

I. Emetics, ipecacuanha, emetic tartar, antimonium tartarisatum, squill, scilla maritima, carduus benedictus, cnicus acarna, chamœmile, anthemis nobilis, white vitriol, vitriolum zinci, foxglove, digitalis purpurea, clysters of tobacco.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin




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