Definitions for sanicle

sanicle san·i·cle

Spelling: [san-i-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈsæn ɪ kəl/

Sanicle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 287 anagrams from letters in sanicle (aceilns).

Definitions for sanicle

noun

  1. any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.

Origin of sanicle

1400-50; late Middle English Middle French Medieval Latin sānicula, perhaps derivative of Latin sānus; see sane

Examples for sanicle

Said to be an ancient Greek name of the sanicle, of obscure meaning, strangely applied by Linnus to this plant.

sanicle, san′ik′l, n. a plant of the genus Sanicula, the common wood-sanicle long supposed to have healing power.

I would push my way through a tangle of sanicle, and beyond the trunk of a slim elm catch a gleam of white in the dusk.

Word Value for sanicle
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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