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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({[AE]gopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard. [1913 Webster]