Another name for goutweed or ground elder, a plant traditionally used in folk medicine to treat gout.
From 'gout' plus 'wort', an Old English term for plant or herb (related to German 'Wort'). Both 'goutweed' and 'goutwort' are synonymous common names for the same plant.
The suffix '-wort' appears in tons of old plant names like 'mugwort' and 'liverwort'—it's a remnant of Old English plant classification that survived because herbalists loved Latin-ish sounding names!
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