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German
Etymology
heilen (“to heal”) + Kraut (“herb”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Heilkraut n (strong, genitive Heilkrautes or Heilkrauts, plural Heilkräuter)
- medicinal herb
- Synonym: Heilpflanze
Maria sammelte im Wald Heilkräuter.- Mary gathered some medicinal plants in the forest.
- 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das alte Kräuterweib von Reinhardtswalde, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 18:
Auf einem Brettersims an der Wand standen zahlreiche Fläschchen und Büchsen, gefüllt mit Mixturen und Salben, die das Weib aus den gesammelten Heilkräutern selbst bereitete.- On a shelf at the wall were numerous flasks and cans, filled with mixtures and ointments, which the woman prepared herself from the collected medicinal herbs.
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