| 释义 |
whitewort rare. ? Obs.
[f. white a. + wort n., after Du. witwortel (G. weisswurz).]
A name for several plants with white flowers or roots: a. Feverfew; b. Solomon's seal; c. a species of camomile.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. xi. 19 It [sc. Parthenium] is called..in English, Feuerfew, & of some Whitewurte. Ibid. i. lxix. 103 Salomons seale is called..in English..White roote, or white wurte. 1866Treas. Bot., Whitewort, Matricaria Chamomilla. |