MASTERWORT

astrantia, masterwort

(noun) any plant of the genus Astrantia

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

masterwort (countable and uncountable, plural masterworts)

Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes. [from 16th c.]

Astrantia spp, such as the great masterwort.

Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria).

Anagrams

• stormwater

Source: Wiktionary


Mas"ter*wort`, n. (Bot.) (a) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria). (b) The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre. (c) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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