The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from
having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.]
(Bot.)
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Aegopodium
Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and
herb gerard.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ashweed \Ash"weed`\, n. (Bot.) [A corruption of ache-weed; F.
ache. So named from the likeness of its leaves to those of
ache (celery).]
Goutweed.
[1913 Webster]