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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.

Definition 2024


birthwort

birthwort

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Noun

birthwort (countable and uncountable, plural birthworts)

  1. Certain plant species of the genus Aristolochia.
  2. Birthroot, Trillium erectum

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