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Obeah bush
[from use as an antidote to obeah; cf. similar use of garlic in Europe] n. a plant, Petereria alliacea: 1920 (Britton 135). 1978 Obeah bush. . .a slender herb with the odour of garlic. Used as a bath to cure "pain in the hones" (Higgs 19). = GARLIC WEED, POND BUSH, POOR-MAN STRENGTH, GUINEA-HEN WEED, STRONG MAN'S WEED (Black)
Tags: bush medicine, noun, Obeah, plant
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Author: Holm and Shilling, DBE, 1982
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