devil's bit
nounEtymology Calque of Latin morsus diaboli.
1
A plant of species Succisa pratensis, native to Europe.
2
A plant of species Chamaelirium luteum, native to North America.
- A folk notion held that if corn kernels were steeped in Devil's-bit tea for 24 hours before sowing, birds would not eat them.2014, Steven Foster, James A. Duke, Peterson Field Guide to Medical Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 100: