Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A European annual plant (Lapsana communis) naturalized in eastern North America, having a milky juice and small yellow flower heads.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A plant, Lapsana communis: so called from its remedial use. See Lapsana and cress.
Wiktionary
- n. A flowering plant, Lapsana communis, that yields a milky juice
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also
dock-cress .
Etymologies
- From its former use in folk medicine to treat breast tumors. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In rougher, gloriously weedy places, I don't remember watching as many gold-banded hoverflies fiddling with the nipplewort.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nipplewort’.
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Ponderable Plant Names
List of plant names (common or scientific) that go trippingly off the tongue, are fun to contemplate, expose the wit of the namer, or just plain befuddle.
tongueshape mudmi..., glandular maiden ..., jeweled maiden fern, stately maiden fern, hairy maiden fern, downy maiden fern, widespread maiden..., turkey tangle fog..., yankeeweed, clitoria fragrans, clitoria mariana, tall tumblemustard and 261 more...
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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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capezzoli di venere
There's been a lot of nipple discussion on Wordie lately.
winkee, capezzoli di venere, wardrobe malfunction, nipples, vestigial protube..., nipplehood, titthonomastics, androtitthophobia, pasties, hoo-hah coverings, breast petals, monobosom and 10 more...
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Flora
fenugreek, verbena, saxifrage, arbutus, calendula, nasturtium, lobelia, hellebore, rhododendron, philodendron, bellflower, heuchera and 449 more...
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Random
These are just some random words that I might find a list for someday.
troglodytism, chinkle, vasculum, sabz, cucullus, tricornigerous, cuboctahedron, eruca, gamp, pilum, taha, angelhood and 244 more...
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biology
the APG II phylogenetic classification plus various other new biological terms (new to me or just newly invented)
lamiids, campanulids, fabids, malvids, euangiosperms, nipplewort, redshank, selfheal, weigela, hebe, basalmost, echeveria and 58 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for nipplewort.
yarb Did you milk it? May 9, 2011
hernesheir This plant has milky juice. May 9, 2011
qroqqa A yellow-on-yellow composite. I spotted this in Fitzroy Park in Highgate and subsequently identified it by its differing-shaped leaves as they go up the stalk. Jul 3, 2008