A plant believed to repel or harm foxes, or historically used as a remedy against fox-related problems.
Compound of 'fox' and 'bane' (from Old English 'bana' meaning killer or poison). This is a folk term combining the animal with a substance meant to harm or deter it.
Many old plant names ending in '-bane' reflect how medieval people thought about plants—not just as food or beauty, but as protective magical remedies against specific animals or illnesses they feared.
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