sanicle noun. ['sanɪk(ǝ)l] LME.
[Old French from medieval Latin sanicula, -culum, prob. from Latin sanus healthy, SANE, with ref. to the plant's supposed healing powers.]
1. A palmate-leaved umbelliferous plant, Sanicula europaea, of rich woodland (more fully wood sanicle); gen. any plant of the genus Sanicula, e.g. S. marilandica, black snakeroot. LME.

2. With specifying word: any of various plants of other genera thought to resemble Sanicula in form or healing properties. LME.
white sanicle US white snakeroot, Eupatorium rugosum.

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