folk medicine

formerly used as in folk medicine

n trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth

produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine

any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine n

n an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial n any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine n a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles