Definition
A plant or wood with historical medicinal associations, traditionally used in folk medicine, possibly to treat felon infections or wounds.
Etymology
Compound of 'felon' and 'wood' (Old English 'wudu'). Medieval herbals used common plant names combining 'felon' with wood/timber to describe medicinal plants.
Kelly Says
Folk medicine created 'felonwood' to treat 'felons'—infections that gangrenous sailors and prisoners suffered—showing how disease names became plant names in search of cures.
Translations
ARالعربية
خشب الجريمة
xɑ-ʃab al-jɛ-ri-ma
CSČeština
trestné dřevo
trɛst-nɛ dʁɛ-vo
DADansk
forbrydelses-træ
fɔ-bʁy-ðɛl-sɛs-tʁɛ
DEDeutsch
Verbrechensholz
fɛʁ-bʁɛçns-holts
ELΕλληνικά
ξύλο του εγκλήματος
ksý-lo tu eɡ-klɛ-ma-tos
ESEspañol
madera de delito
ma-de-ra de de-li-to
FISuomi
rikospuu
ri-kos-pu
FRFrançais
bois de crime
bwa də kʁim
HEעברית
עץ פשע
ʕɛts pɛ-ʃa
HIहिन्दी
अपराधी लकड़ी
ɐ-pɾa-dhi la-kʈi
HUMagyar
bűnügyi fa
by-nʏ-ɟi fa
IDBahasa Indonesia
kayu kejahatan
ka-yu kɛ-ja-ha-tan
ITItaliano
legno del reato
lɛɡ-no del rɛ-a-to
NLNederlands
misdaadhout
mɪs-daɑt-hɔut
NONorsk
forbrytelses-tre
fɔ-bʁy-tɛl-sɛs-tʁɛ
PLPolski
drewno zbrodni
dʁɛv-nɔ zbrɔd-ni
PTPortuguês
madeira de crime
ma-de-ɾɐ dɨ kʁim
RORomână
lemnul crimei
lɛm-nul kri-mɛ
RUРусский
дерево преступления
dʲɛ-rɛ-vɐ prɛ-stup-lɛ-ni-ja
SVSvenska
brotträ
bro-tʁɛ
THไทย
ไม้อาชญากรรม
maɪ ʔa-tʃʰa-ya-kam
TRTürkçe
suç ağacı
su-tʃ a-ɣa-tʃɯ
VITiếng Việt
gỗ tội phạm
ɡɔ tɔ-i pʰam