zedoary
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of zedoary
1425–75; late Middle English zeduarye < Medieval Latin zeduāria < Arabic zadwār (< Persian ) + Latin -ia -y 3
Example Sentences
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From ajowan to zedoary, there are hundreds of other herbs available, in 17th century Herbalist John Parkinson's phrase, "for use and delight."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is composed of conserve of roses, gillyflowers, borage, candied citron, powder of laetificans Galeni, Roman zedoary, doronicum, and saffron.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by William Harrison Ainsworth
The other contains prepared herbs which are useful as preventives--tormentil, valerian, zedoary, angelica, and so forth; but I take it that pure vinegar is as good an antidote to infection as anything one can find.
From The Sign of the Red Cross by Evelyn Everett-Green
The old London Pharmacopœia gave a simpler receipt, in which the ingredients were zedoary and saffron, distilled with crabs' claws, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom seeds, and sugar.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
He likewise chewed a small piece of Virginian snake-root, or zedoary, if he approached any place supposed to be infected.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by William Harrison Ainsworth
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