herbbennet

herbbennet
herb bennet n.
A hairy Eurasian plant (Geum urbanum) having small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.
  [Middle English herbe benet, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin herba benedicta: Latin herba, herb + Latin benedicta, feminine past participle of benedīcere, to bless; see benediction.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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