different between leadwort vs meadwort

leadwort

English

Etymology

lead +? wort

Noun

leadwort (plural leadworts)

  1. Any of various maritime herbs of the genus Plumbago, some of which have lead-coloured spots on the leaves or nearly lead-coloured flowers.

Translations

leadwort From the web:

  • what is leadworthy class


meadwort

English

Alternative forms

  • medæwart [16th c.]

Etymology

From Middle English medewort, from Old English medewyrt, medowyrt, corresponding to mead +? wort. Cognate with Norwegian mjødurt, Danish mjødurt.

Noun

meadwort (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Meadowsweet, a plant found near rivers or on damp ground.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:
      The metall first he mixt with Medæwart, / That no enchauntment from his dint might saue; / That it in flames of Aetna wrought apart, / And seuen times dipped in the bitter waue / Of hellish Styx, which hidden vertue to it gaue.

Anagrams

  • damewort, metaword, to meward, two-armed, wardmote

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