sanicle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
    snakeroot.

WordNet

San"i*cle noun
Etymology
F., from L. sanare to heal.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers.

Webster 1913