Definition
A plant used in traditional or folk medicine, historically believed to treat felon infections or similar ailments.
Etymology
Compound of 'felon' and 'wort' (Old English 'wyrt' meaning plant/herb). Medieval herbalism systematically named plants after the conditions they supposedly treated.
Kelly Says
Medieval herbals sold 'felonwort' as a cure, but the infection was really staph—it only worked because people used honey as dressing, which genuinely kills bacteria.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
przestępstwo እንደ አይነት
przestępstwo en-de a-y-net
ARالعربية
شجرة اللص
shajarat al-thayyib
BNবাংলা
অপরাধী উদ্ভিদ
op-ra-dhi ud-bid
CACatalà
planta criminal
plan-ta cri-mi-nal
CSČeština
zločinná rostlina
zločin-ná ros-tli-na
DADansk
forbryderplante
for-bry-der-plan-te
DEDeutsch
Felonkraut
feh-lon-kraut
ELΕλληνικά
φυτά φυλακής
fy-ta fy-la-kis
ESEspañol
hierba del felon
ye-r-ba del feh-lon
FAفارسی
گیاه جرمی
g-i-a-h jer-mi
FISuomi
rikoskasvi
ri-kos-kas-vi
FRFrançais
plante du felon
plan-t du fe-lon
GUGU
દુષ્કર્મી છોડ
du-sh-kar-mi cho-d
HAHA
guguwar da laifi
gu-gu-war da la-i-fi
HEעברית
צמח פושע
tz-mach po-she
HIहिन्दी
अपराधी जड़ी-बूटी
apra-dhi ja-di-boo-ti
HUMagyar
bűnözőnövény
bűn-öző-nö-vény
IDBahasa Indonesia
tumbuhan penjahat
tum-bu-han pen-ja-hat
IGIG
ọha ya nche
o-ha ya n-che
ITItaliano
erbaccia del ladro
erb-a-t-cha del la-dro
KKKK
әділетсіз өсімдік
a-di-let-si-z o-si-m-dik
KO한국어
범죄식물
beomjwe-sikmul
MRMR
गुन्हेगार वनस्पती
gun-he-ga-ar van-spa-ti
MSBahasa Melayu
tumbuhan jenayah
tum-bu-han je-na-yah
MYမြန်မာ
ရှုံးမှု ပင်
shon-mu pin
NLNederlands
misdaadplant
mis-daad-plant
NONorsk
forbryterplante
for-bry-ter-plan-te
PAPA
ਗ਼ਮਨਾ ઔਸ਼ਧ
ga-m-na au-sh-dh
PLPolski
trawa przestępcy
tra-wa przestęp-cy
PTPortuguês
erva do felão
er-va do fe-law
RORomână
plantă criminală
plan-ta cri-mi-na-ră
RUРусский
злодейская трава
zlodey-skaya tra-va
SVSvenska
brottsväxt
brotts-växt
SWKiswahili
mmea ya uhalifu
m-mea ya u-ha-li-fu
TAதமிழ்
குற்றச்செயல் தாவரம்
kut-tra-che-yal tha-va-ram
TEతెలుగు
విచారణ తాడు
vi-cha-ra-na ta-du
THไทย
พืชอาชญากรรม
phi-ch a-chan-ya-kam
TLTL
damo na krimen
da-mo na kri-men
TRTürkçe
suç otu
suç o-tu
UKУкраїнська
злочинна рослина
zlo-chin-na ros-ly-na
URاردو
جرمی پودا
jarma poda
VITiếng Việt
cây tội phạm
cay toi-pham
YOYO
ọ̀pọ̀ àìbọ̀
o-po a-ib-o
ZUZU
umthi wezulu
um-thi we-zu-lu