ague weed

Questions about ague weed

What does ague weed mean?

ague weed means "gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers".

What is another word for ague weed?

Close synonyms include agueweed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian, Gentianella quinquefolia, Gentiana quinquefolia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ague weed a common word?

ague weed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.