AL′UM-ROOT

Cooley's Cyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information · 1880 · p. 6

Syn. Amer′ican san′icle ; Heu′cher a (Ph. U. S.), L. The root of heuchera America′na (Linn.), a plant of North America. It is powerfully styptic and astringent; and is used chiefly as an external application in cancer.