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Squinancy
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noun
Squinancy
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Squinance
n.
1.
(Med.) The quinsy. See Quinsy. (Obs.)
2.
(Bot.) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.
Squinancy berries
, black currants; so called because used to cure the quinsy.
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