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Webster 1913 Edition


Wartwort

Wart′wortˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (
Euphorbia Helioscopia
), and the nipplewort (
Lampsana communis
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Wartwort

WARTWORT

,
Noun.
A plant of the genus Euphorbia or spurge, which is studded with hard warty knobs; also, a plant of the genus Heliotropium, and another of the genus Lapsana.

Definition 2024


wartwort

wartwort

English

Noun

wartwort (plural wartworts)

  1. Any of various plants, including Norther European species of spurge (Euphorbia) and the nipplewort (Lapsana communis), formerly believed to cure warts.

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