Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 ({[AE]gopodium
   Podagraria}); -- called also {bishop's weed}, {ashweed}, and
   {herb gerard}.