Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A name of the plants Scrophularia aquatica and S. nodosa, derived from the color of the stems.
- n. A name of the self-heal, Brunella vulgaris, from its use in a disease of the throat called die bräune (the brown) in German.
Wiktionary
- n. A species of figwort or Scrophularia (Scrophularia vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A species of figwort or Scrophularia (Scrophularia vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.
Etymologies
- brown + wort (Wiktionary)
Examples
“She found brownwort, with its loose spike of strangely shaped brown flowers, in a damp and shady place near the water, and she collected the whole plants to make into a wash, for their skin-healing and itch-relieving properties.”
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Worts and all
I have in mind the worts associated with a green thumb rather than a green beer - but as you can see by the name, I'll accept anything you have to offer.
butterwort, spiderwort, quillwort, woundwort, nipplewort, bellwort, liverwort, milkwort, water pennywort, navelwort, toothwort, wort and 128 more...
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