n. [ OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. vårta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Fig wart,
Moist wart
Wart cress (Bot.),
Wart snake (Zool.),
Wart spurge (Bot.),
a. (Bot.) Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose;
(Zool.) Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus
a. Having no wart. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) Same as Wartwort. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis). [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Warty egg (Zool.),
n. An American fresh-water mussel (Quadrula pustulosa). Its shell is used in making buttons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]