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English
Etymology
Named after St. Gerard of Toul, who used to be invoked against the gout.
Noun
herb Gerard (uncountable)
- (archaic) The ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria).
1720, E. R. (Gent.), “Things good in general for Cramps or Convulsions of the Sinews”, in The Experienc'd Farrier; Or, Farring Compleated, page 257:[…] Calamint given inwardly, Betony, Elecampane, Master-wort or the Herb Gerard given inwardly […]
1731, Nathan Bailey, An Universal Etymological English Dictionary:GOUT WORT, the herb Gerard, Ashweed and Jump-about.