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moonwort

English

Etymology

From moon +? wort.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?mu?nw??t/

Noun

moonwort (plural moonworts)

  1. A small fern, Botrychium lunaria (lesser moonwort); later, any member of the genus. [from 15th c.]
    • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 194:
      Moonwort is an herb which they say will open locks, and unshoe such horses as tread upon it.
  2. (now US, Britain regional) Lunaria annua (greater moonwort); also known as Honesty and Actual Honesty. [from 16th c.]

Translations

See also

  • Botrychium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Moortown

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moorwort

English

Etymology

moor +? wort

Noun

moorwort (usually uncountable, plural moorworts)

  1. A plant, the staggerbush.

Anagrams

  • rootworm, to-morrow, tomorrow, wormroot

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