heal all
- noun
- /ˈhiːl ɔːl/
- US
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planta curativa
- Gardeners often plant heal all for its attractive yellow flowers and medicinal uses.
Examples
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The heal all thrives in shaded woodland areas throughout the northeastern United States.
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Birds are known to eat the blue fruits of the heal all in late summer.
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Look at that heal all swaying in the breeze!
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I found a beautiful heal all in the garden.
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Birds are known to eat the blue fruits of the heal all in late summer.
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Gardeners often plant heal all for its attractive yellow flowers and medicinal uses.
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The heal all thrives in shaded woodland areas throughout the northeastern United States.
Synonyms
A woodland plant with yellow hanging flowers and small round blue berries
A forest plant with hanging yellow flowers and small blue berries
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'heal all' transparently suggests 'that which heals all' so a B1 learner who knows 'heal' and 'all' would likely infer a remedial or curative sense (e.g., a universal remedy or healing herb). However, the phrase functions as a lexicalized plant name and the specific botanical referent (a particular woodland herb) is not fully predictable from the parts, so the relation is only partly transparent.
Etymology
Heal all is the name of a small woodland herb that got its name because people long ago used it as a simple medicine. They thought the parts heal and all meant it could help many small illnesses, so the name stuck and shows why people called the plant a 'cure-all'.
