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spicknel

spicknel


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spicknel  \Spick"nel\,  n.  [Contr.  from  spike  nail  a  large  long 
  nail;  --  so  called  in  allusion  to  the  shape  of  its  capillary 
  leaves.]  (Bot.) 
  An  umbelliferous  herb  ({Meum  Athamanticum})  having  finely 
  divided  leaves,  common  in  Europe;  --  called  also  {baldmoney}, 
  {mew},  and  {bearwort}.  [Written  also  {spignel}.]