mealy-tree

Updated: May 17, 2025

In consideration thereof the archbishop pardoned Ursus. As a doctor, Ursus wrought cures by some means or other. He made use of aromatics; he was versed in simples; he made the most of the immense power which lies in a heap of neglected plants, such as the hazel, the catkin, the white alder, the white bryony, the mealy-tree, the traveller's joy, the buckthorn.

Victor Hugo - The Man Who Laughs