Meaning of stoneroot | Babel Free

Definitions

Collinsonia canadensis, a perennial medicinal herb in the mint family, with a very hard root.

uncountable

Examples

“Stoneroot is under the dominion of the Moon. It is used with good effect in chronic catarrh of the bladder, (as are other plants mentioned elsewhere,) whites, and weak stomach.”

“Stoneroot is found in moist, shady woods from Maine to Wisconsin, south to Florida and Kansas.”

“Stoneroot comes from the rhizome (underground stem) and root of Collinsonia canadensis, a member of the Labiatae family. Native to North America, this plant grows wild from Massachusetts and Vermont west to Wisconsin and south to Florida and Arkansas.”

CEFR level