crosswortn.
/ˈkrɒswəːt//ˈkrɔːswəːt/ 1. A name of various plants having leaves arranged in the form of a cross, or whorl of four; esp. Galium cruciatum (also crosswort bedstraw); also of the non-British plants Vaillantia cruciata, Eupatorium perfoliatum, and the genus Crucianella. crosswort gentian, Gentiana cruciata.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Gentianaceae (gentians) > [noun]
gentianOE
fieldwooda1393
baldmoney1393
caresweeta1400
felwort1526
calathian violet1578
crosswort gentian1578
harvest-bell1597
gentianella1633
blue violet1649
marsh gentian1690
vernal gentian1728
pennywort1817
meadow pink1827
soap-gentian1845
soapwort gentian1845
autumn-bells1863
windflower1866
willow gentian1883
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Rubiaceae or Galiaceae (bedstraw, etc.) > [noun]
wild madderc1450
crudwort15..
Our Lady bedstraw1527
Our Lady's bedstraw1543
galion1548
maidenhair1548
purple goose-grass1548
cheese renning1578
crosswort1578
golden mugget1578
petty mugget1578
lady's bedstraw1585
maid's hair1597
cheese rennet1599
runnet1678
field madder1684
mugweed1690
rondeletia1739
Richardia1755
petty madder1760
madderlen1770
galium1785
Sherardia1785
joint-grass1790
mugwort1796
bluet1818
bedstraw1820
madderwort1845
hundredfold1853
honeywort1863
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lxxvii. 541 Croswort is a pale greene herbe, drawing nere to a yellow Popingay colour..The leaues be..smal..alwayes foure growing togither..in fashion lyke to a Crosse at euery ioynt.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 352 Crossewoort Gentian hath many ribbed leaues spred vpon the ground.
1757 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 853 Crosswort or Mugweed.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 352 Crucianella, a genus of herbaceous plants, called Crosswort and Petty Madder.
2. plural. A book-name for the family Cruciferæ (plants with cruciform flowers).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun]
mustard1597
crossworts1861
1861 P. Lankester Wild Flowers 29 [A] very extensive and useful family of plants—Cruciferæ or Crossworts.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Cross-wort, any cruciferous plant.
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