heal-all

[ heel-awl ]

noun

1. the selfheal, Prunella vulgaris.

heal-all

noun

1. another name for selfheal

Word History and Origins

Origin of heal-all¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

When they learned the “white heal-all” was usually blue, they asked to listen again.

From Washington Post

From April to July the purple blossoms of the self-heal, or heal-all, may be found in the borders of woods or in open grounds.

From Project Gutenberg

“That girl’s a trump–the girl with eyes the color of the little ‘heal-all’, that blue flower we pick up here in May!

From Project Gutenberg

What had that flower to do with being white, The wayside blue and innocent heal-all?

From Project Gutenberg

I found a dimpled spider, fat and white, On a white heal-all, holding up a moth Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth— Assorted characters of death and blight Mixed ready to begin the morning right, Like the ingredients of a witches' broth— A snow-drop spider, a flower like froth, And dead wings carried like a paper kite.

From Project Gutenberg