'Pestilence weed' definitions:

Definition of 'Pestilence weed'

From: GCIDE
  • Pestilence \Pes"ti*lence\, n. [F. pestilence, L. pestilentia. See Pestilent.]
  • 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. [1913 Webster]
  • The pestilence that walketh in darkness. --Ps. xci. 6. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot ({Petasites vulgaris}), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. --Dr. Prior. [1913 Webster]