crios Chù-Chulainn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

crios (“belt”) + Cù-Chulainn. Named for its medical use in mythology by Cú Chulainn, who bathed in meadowsweet to soothe the effects of apoplexy which would disfigure him.

Noun

crios Chù-Chulainn m

  1. meadowsweet
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