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Webster 1913 Edition

(lā′sẽr-wûrtˊ)

Noun.

[L.

laser

the juice of the laserwort.]

(Bot.)

Any plant of the umbelliferous genus

Laserpitium

, of several species (as

Laserpitium glabrum

, and

Laserpitium siler

), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European.

Noun.

Laserpitium, a genus of plants of several species, natives of Germany, Italy, France, &c.