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]