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waterwort|ˈwɔːtəwɜːt|
[wort n.1]
A name for several distinct plants. †a. In early use identified with maidenhair (i.e. either Adiantum Capillus-Veneris or Asplenium Trichomanes, or both). Obs. b. Any plant of the genus Elatine. c. Applied by Lindley to plants of the order Philydraceæ, native to Australia and Eastern Asia.
a.c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 24 Herba galli tricus þ̶is wæter wyrt. a1400–50Stockh. Med. MS. p. 176 Maydenheer or water-wourt: capillus virginis. 1541Bk. Properties Herbs B viij, Capillus veneris. This herbe is called Mayden here or waterworte. 1597Gerarde Herbal Suppl., Waterwort is Maidenhayre. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 182 Water⁓wort with new Lard, applyed to the sore, easeth the same.
b.1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 387 Elatine Alsinastrum. Water-wort. 1816–20T. Green Univ. Herbal I. 489 Elatine Hydropiper; Opposite-leaved Waterwort. Ibid., Elatine Alsinastrum; Whorl-leaved Waterwort. 1848Johns Week at Lizard 286 Elatine hexandra. Water-wort, a minute succulent plant, with greenish flowers of three petals.
c.1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 186. |