benedictus

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In greater doses they invert the motions of the stomach and lacteals; and hence vomit or purge, as carduus benedictus, rhubarb.

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

Get you some of this distill'd carduus benedictus and lay it     to your heart.

From Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare, William

Note also the following:—  Finito libro sit laus et gloria Christo  Vinum scriptori debetur de meliori  Hic liber est scriptus qui scripsit sit benedictus.

From Old English Libraries by Savage, Ernest Albert

L. benedicta, fem. of benedictus, p. p., blessed.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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

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