gall of the earth

1. 1.

   common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes

   Synonymslion's footNabalus serpentariusPrenanthes serpentaria

   Broaderherb

   Part ofNabalus

Questions about gall of the earth

What does gall of the earth mean?

gall of the earth means "common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes".

What is another word for gall of the earth?

Close synonyms include lion's foot, Nabalus serpentarius, Prenanthes serpentaria. 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 gall of the earth a common word?

gall of the earth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.