[ noun ] a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers <noun.plant>
Sanicle \San"i*cle\, n. [F., from L. sanare to heal.] (Bot.) Any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Sanicula}, reputed to have healing powers.