carduus

Datura; and to such as are cold, the [4134] decoction of guiacum, China sarsaparilla, sassafras, the flowers of carduus benedictus, which I find much used by Montanus in his Consultations, Julius

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

But she told him that the goatherd's sickness was caused only by the heat of the sun, and that, such seizures being common in the hot countries whence she came, she had learned from a wise woman how to stay them by a decoction of the carduus benedictus, made in the third night of the waxing moon, but without the aid of magic.

The Hermit and the Wild Woman 1906

In the bottoms were frequently seen tradescantia, and on the dry lenches were carduus, cactus, and amorpha.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

The road led across a high and level prairie ridge, where were but few plants, and those principally thistle, (_carduus leucographus_,) and a kind of dwarf artemisia.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

In greater doses they invert the motions of the stomach and lacteals; and hence vomit or purge, as carduus benedictus, rhubarb.

Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

Mar. Get you some of this distill'd carduus benedictus

Much Ado About Nothing (1623 First Folio Edition) 1623

The brother hl 2040 toner cartridge unnerving reassuringly donatist to the carduus of all megathere sheepcote with the kyrgyzstan of navigational blanketed midstream.

Rational Review 2009

VAIL, Colorado - Plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides) and musk thistle (carduus nutans) are commonly seen plants that are currently blooming around Eagle County.

Vail Daily - Top Stories 2009

It. cardone (or Sp. cardon) great thistle, teasel, cardoon, augm. of cardo: L. cardus, carduus thistle, cardoon, or artichoke.

The Big Apple 2008

_carduus benedictus_, made in the third night of the waxing moon, but without the aid of magic.

The Hermit and the Wild Woman Edith Wharton 1899