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motherwort |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lion's tail \Li"on's tail`\ (t[=a]l`). (Bot.) A genus of labiate plants ({Leonurus}); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. {L. Cardiaca} is the common {motherwort}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt Cf {Midge}.] (Bot.) A somewhat aromatic composite weed ({Artemisia vulgaris}), at one time used medicinally; -- called also {motherwort}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Motherwort \Moth"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.) a A labiate herb ({Leonurus Cardiaca}), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail. b The mugwort. See {Mugwort}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: motherwort n : bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers [syn: {Leonurus cardiaca}]
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