Bishopweed, or GOUTWEED, also Goatweed, or Herb Gerard (Egopodium Podagraria), an umbelliferous weed common in hedges and grass plots, and exceedingly difficult of extirpation on account of its creeping rhizomes. It is eaten by cattle, and the leaf stalks were formerly boiled and eaten as greens. The root-stock was long esteemed as a remedy for gout.
Bishopweed
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract
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