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Pronunciation: [pɹʌnˈɛlə] (IPA)

Prunella is a purple-blue flower that blooms in summer, commonly known as self-heal or heal-all. It has long been used in traditional medicinal practices as a treatment for various ailments. However, this flower has several synonyms used in different regions. Some of the synonyms for prunella include woundwort, heart-of-the-earth, hook-heal, blue curls, and carpenter grass. More synonyms for prunella are brownwort, sicklewort, and all-heal. Prunella's medicinal properties are attributed to its active ingredients, such as flavonoids, rosmarinic acid, and tannins. Prunella and its synonyms are still popular in herbal medicine and are often used to treat sore throats, gastrointestinal disorders, and skin irritations.
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Usage examples for Prunella

But while I'm lying here I wonder what all the other fellows are doing-they're such good chaps-real, true, clean men-out there you seem to get to essentials-all the rest is leather and prunella-and I want to be back among them again.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
Lady's slipper, prunella vulgaris.
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge
Barbara, if she really might have been dressed, would be as likely as not to be comfortable in a sack and skirt and her "points,"-as she called her black prunella shoes, that were weak at the heels and going at the sides, and kept their original character only by these embellishments upon the instep,-and to have dumped herself down on the broad lower stair in the hall, just behind the green blinds of the front entrance, with a chapter to finish in some irresistible book, or a pair of stockings to mend.
"We Girls: A Home Story"
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

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