sanicle

noun

san·​i·​cle ˈsa-ni-kəl 

: any of several plants sometimes held to have healing powers

especially : a plant (genus Sanicula) of the carrot family with a root used in folk medicine as an anodyne or astringent

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin sanicula

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above