prickmadam

noun

prick·​mad·​am

ˈprikˌmadəm

plural -s

dialectal, chiefly England

: any of several stonecrops used chiefly in folk medicine as anthelmintics

Word History

Etymology

modification (influenced by prick entry 1) of Middle French trique-madame

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