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prunella


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prunella  \Pru*nel"la\,  n.  [NL.,  perhaps  from  G.  br[ae]une 
  quinsy,  croup.]  (Med.) 
  a  Angina,  or  angina  pectoris 
  b  Thrush. 
 
  {Prunella  salt}  (Old  Chem.),  niter  fused  and  cast  into  little 
  balls. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prunella  \Pru*nel"la\,  Prunello  \Pru*nel"lo\,  n.  [F.  prunelle, 
  probably  so  called  from  its  color  resembling  that  of  prunes. 
  See  {Prune},  n.] 
  A  smooth  woolen  stuff,  generally  black,  used  for  making 
  shoes;  a  kind  of  lasting;  --  formerly  used  also  for 
  clergymen's  gowns. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Prunella 
  n  1:  small  genus  of  perennial  mostly  Eurasian  having  terminal 
  spikes  of  small  purplish  or  white  flowers  [syn:  {Prunella}, 
  {genus  Prunella}] 
  2:  type  genus  of  the  Prunellidae  [syn:  {Prunella},  {genus 
  Prunella}] 




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