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tetterwort|ˈtɛtəwɜːt|
The common Celandine, Chelidonium majus: so called because supposed to cure tetters.
a1400–50Stockh. Med. MS. 175 Celydonye or teterwort, celidonie. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. xx. 31 Called..in English Celandyne, Swallowurte, and of some Tetterwurte. 1640Parkinson Theatr. Bot. v. lxx. 618 Tetterwort..the juice often applyed to tetters..will quickly kill their sharpenesse. 1879Prior Pop. Names Plants (ed. 3) 235 Tetter-wort, from its curing tetters.
b. In America, The Blood-root, or Red puccoon, Sanguinaria canadensis.
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