masterwort

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Etymology

From master +‎ wort.

Pronunciation

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Noun

masterwort (countable and uncountable, plural masterworts)

  1. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes. [from 16th c.]
    • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 184:
      The root of Masterwort is hotter than Pepper, and very available in all cold griefs and diseases both of stomach and body, dissolving very powerfully upward and downward.
  2. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. spp., such as the great masterwort.
  3. Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria).

Translations

Aegopodium podagraria — see ground elder

Anagrams

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