1) Betony
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• (n.) Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.
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herbaceous plant of the genus Pedicularis (in the broomrape family, Orobanchaceae), which contains about 350 species found throughout the Northern ...
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Louse'wort` noun (Botany) Any species of
Pedicularis , a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.
Yellow lousewort ,
a plant of the genus Rhinanthus . Found on
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any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiaeof parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were disc......
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