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Webster 1913 Edition

Birthwort

Birth′wortˊ

,
Noun.
A genus of herbs and shrubs (
Aristolochia
), reputed to have medicinal properties.

Webster 1828 Edition

Birthwort

BIRTH'WORT

,
Noun.
[birth and wort.] A genus of plants, Aristolochia, of many species. Of these are the snake root of America, and the contrayerva of Jamaica.

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