Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from
having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.]
(Bot.)
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Aegopodium
Podagraria}); -- called also {bishop's weed}, {ashweed}, and
{herb gerard}.
[1913 Webster]