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A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree.

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  1. n. A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree.
  2. n. An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans).
  3. 1. A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. Wright. 2. An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans). [Obs.] A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make garlands. Walton. CULVER'S PHYSIC; CULVER'S ROOT Cul"ver's phys"ic, or Cul"ver's root`. [So called after a Dr. Culver, who used it.] (Bot.) The root of a handsome erect herb (Leptandra, syn. Veronica, Virginica) common in most moist woods of North America , used as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself.
  4. The root of a handsome erect herb (Leptandra, syn. Veronica,Virginica) common in most moist woods of North America , used as anactive cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself.