This word is a name common to many attributes, and connotes hurtfulness, an attribute of those various attributes.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill
In India a similar superstition prevails of the hurtfulness of the roots of trees.
"The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson"
Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson