n. (Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta). [ 1913 Webster ]
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adj.
n. [ Awl + wort. ] (Bot.) A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) Deadly nightshade. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A genus of plants (
n. A genus of herbs and shrubs (Aristolochia), reputed to have medicinal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A genus (
a. Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. --
n. (Bot.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Hæmodoraceæ), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Plant of the Borage family. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A species of figwort or
n. A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) Bugbane. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) See Bishop's-weed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. cawlwyrt; cawl cole + wyrt wort. Cf. Collards. ]
n. (Bot.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of
Mullein. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also
n. (Bot.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also
a. [ See Derworth. ] Precious. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. deórwurþe, lit., dearworth. ] Precious. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To deprive of worth; to degrade. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) An Old World species of
n. (Bot.) Danewort. [ 1913 Webster ]
A religious organization of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. a common aquatic plant (Cabomba caroliniana) of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers.
n. (Bot.) The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Probably a corruption of fieldwort. ] (Bot.) A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See
n. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants (
n. (Bot.) An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) Same as Frostweed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A hairy Eurasian herb (Lycopus europaeus) with two-lipped white flowers.
n. (Bot.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A labiate plant (the Lycopus Europæus). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.
n. (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum). [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The name is often vaguely given to other plants of the same order, as species of
n. (Bot.) The asarabacca. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus
n. (Bot.) A European plant of the genus