herb Gerard

English

Etymology

Named after St. Gerard of Toul, who used to be invoked against the gout.

Noun

herb Gerard (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria).
    • 1720, E. R. (Gent.), “Things good in general for Cramps or Convulsions of the Sinews”, in The Experienc'd Farrier; Or, Farring Compleated‎, page 257:
      […] Calamint given inwardly, Betony, Elecampane, Master-wort or the Herb Gerard given inwardly […]
    • 1731, Nathan Bailey, An Universal Etymological English Dictionary‎:
      GOUT WORT, the herb Gerard, Ashweed and Jump-about.
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