Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The popular name of Sambucus Ebulus, the dwarf elder of Europe. See danesblood.
Wiktionary
- n. A European dwarf version of the elder, Sambucus ebulus, that has a bad smell
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also
Daneweed ,Dane's weed , andDane's-blood . [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.]
WordNet 3.0
- n. dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor
Etymologies
- Traditionally believed to grow on battlegrounds of the Danes. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The Three-pronged Osmia (O. tridentata, DUF. and PER.) creates a home of her own, digging herself a channel with her mandibles in dry bramble and sometimes in danewort.”
“Pariétaire,' the name of a common little vine, the English danewort.”
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3
“_Sambucus ebulus_, dwarf elder, walwort, or danewort -- among the rubbish and ruined foundations of the Priory.”
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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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