Definition
Any of various plants that have a bitter taste or produce gall-like growths, particularly used in herbal medicine.
Etymology
From Old English 'gall' (bitterness) plus 'weed,' referring to plants associated with bitterness or gall production, used in medieval herbalism.
Kelly Says
Medieval herbalists used 'gallweed' to treat bile-related ailments because they believed bitter plants were connected to the body's 'gall' or anger—a beautiful example of how ancient medicine created plant categories based on tastes and humors.
Translations
BNবাংলা
গ্যালওয়েড
gal-owe-d
CACatalà
herba de gall
er-ba deh gall
CSČeština
gallinec
gal-li-nec
DEDeutsch
Gallkraut
gal-kraut
ESEspañol
hierba de la galleta
i-er-ba deh la gal-ye-ta
FISuomi
gallinlehti
gal-lin-leh-ti
FRFrançais
mauvaise herbe
mo-vwa-erb
HEעברית
עשב Gall
ev-sh gall
HIहिन्दी
गैलिया का घास
ga-li-ya ka ghaas
HUMagyar
gallweed
gal-weed
IDBahasa Indonesia
rumput liar
rum-put li-ar
ITItaliano
erba del gallo
er-ba del ga-llo
JA日本語
ガリアの雑草
gari-no-zōsō
MSBahasa Melayu
rumput gal
rum-put gal
MYမြန်မာ
ဂါလီဝီး
ga-li-wee
NLNederlands
galgeworte
gal-gewör-te
NONorsk
gallvekst
gal-vɛkst
PTPortuguês
erva-do-galo
er-va do-ga-lu
RORomână
buruiană
bu-rū-ia-nă
RUРусский
колючка
ko-lyu-chka
SVSvenska
gallväxt
gal-vɛkst
SWKiswahili
mmea ya gal
m-mea ya gal
TAதமிழ்
கால்வீடு
kaal-veedu
TEతెలుగు
గల్లవీడ్
gal-la-veed
TRTürkçe
galangal otu
gal-an-gal o-tu
UKУкраїнська
дикий бур'ян
di-kyy bur-yan
VITiếng Việt
cây gai
cay gai