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Webster 1913 Edition

Woundwort

Wound′wortˊ

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Noun.
(Bot.)
Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus
Stachys
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Woundwort

WOUNDWORT

,
Noun.
The name of several plants; one, a species of Achillea; another, a species of Stachys; another, a species of Laserpitium; another, a species of Solidago; and another a species of Senecio.

Definition 2024

woundwort

woundwort

English

Noun

woundwort ‎(plural woundworts)

  1. Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
    1. Any of several plants of the genus Stachys, including the hedge woundwort and the marsh woundwort.
    2. Achillea millefolium (soldier's woundwort)
    3. Anthyllis vulneraria (kidney-vetch)
    4. Solidago virgaurea (European golden-rod)
    5. Bellis perennis (English daisy)

Translations

Etymology

wound +‎ wort

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