Any of several plants thought to have medicinal properties or characteristics resembling bacon, though the term is archaic and rarely used.
From bacon + weed, suggesting a plant either resembling bacon or historically associated with treating bacon-related ailments. Usage appears in older herbals and folk medicine texts.
This is a perfect example of how English plant names were creative and descriptive—herbalists named plants based on appearance, use, or even shape, creating delightfully weird names that have mostly disappeared.
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