Allgood

/ɔːlˈɡʊd/ noun

Definition

A common name for various plants, especially mugwort and certain aromatic or medicinal herbs.

Etymology

From all (everything) plus good (virtue, benefit). The name reflects folk belief that the plant had universal healing properties or benefits.

Kelly Says

Medieval and ancient peoples named plants 'allgood' with pure optimism—thinking herbs could cure everything—and now we have allgood as a linguistic time capsule of pre-scientific medicine's hopeful ambitions.

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