Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Aakhuvishaghna
An antidote for rat poisoning.
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Aadhmaanakaree
That which causes flatulence.
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Winnow
To separate the chaff from grain or seed by wind or a forced current of air; eliminating the dry covering and other substances that are not desired in food.
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Transpire
To give off or exude watery vapor from the surface of leaves. To breathe across. To emit vapor through the skin or other tissues.
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Toothed
Having leaf margins that are notched or indented with small, sharp lobes. With smaller projections and indentations alternating along the margin. Furnished with sharp projections on the margin that do not point forward. A leaf or petal with a jagged or serrated margin. Having small lobes or points along the margin (as of a leaf).…
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Tea
A beverage or medicine made by infusing or decocting the dried and prepared leaves of specially grown or wild plants such as shrubs, herbs, flowers, and roots. A tea or infusion is the extraction of the plant’s water-soluble bioactives. Medical herbalists recommend leaving the plant to infuse in the boiled water for 15 minutes, covered…
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Sprout
A new growth from a bud, rootstock, germinating seed, and more. The new, germinated growth from a root, seed, or tuber.
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Scorpoid
A one-sided inflorescence that is coiled at the tip like the tail of a scorpion.
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Salve
Any medical ointment applied to wounds, skin irritations, or burns for the purpose of soothing and promoting healing.
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Rush
A genus of tall perennial herbs resembling grasses. They grow in wet places and have unbranched round stems; narrow, flat grassy leaves; and small clusters of greenish or brown flowers. Any of a large group of monocotyledonous plants, commonly found in boggy and marshy areas, with erect tufts of thin, straight, green stems and heads…
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