sanicle

/san-i-kuhl/US // ˈsæn ɪ kəl //UK // (ˈsænɪkəl) //

珊珊,珊蒂克,珊珊姐,珊娜

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.

Sanicle, san′ik′l, n. a plant of the genus Sanicula, the common wood-sanicle long supposed to have healing power.
Said to be an ancient Greek name of the Sanicle, of obscure meaning, strangely applied by Linnus to this plant.
That country-folk use sanicle to anoint their hands “when they are chapt by the winde.”
I would push my way through a tangle of sanicle, and beyond the trunk of a slim elm catch a gleam of white in the dusk.
He also gives as another name, Yorkshire Sanicle; and says it is called earning grass in Scotland.