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sawwort|ˈsɔːwɜːt|
Also 6 sawewoort, 9 sawort.
[f. saw n.1 + wort.]
A name given to various species of the genera Serratula (esp. S. tinctoria) and Saussurea, and to Carduus arvensis.
1597Gerarde Herbal iii. ccxxxi. 577 Sawewoort groweth in woods and shadowie places. c1710Petiver Cat. Ray's Eng. Herbal Tab. xxii, Broad Saw-wort. 1777Lightfoot Flora Scot. I. 448 Serratula alpina... Alpine Saw-wort. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 697 Carduus arvensis... Corn Saw-wort. 1800tr. Lagrange's Chem. II. 287 There are a great many other ingredients proper for dyeing yellow; such as saw-wort. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 424 Serratula tinctoria, sawort. 1866Treas. Bot. s.v. Serratula, The genus is represented in England by S. tinctoria, the Common Sawwort. |