† hammerwortn.
Obsolete.
The Wall-pellitory.
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pellitory of the wallc1435
wallwort1561
hammerwort1597
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 374 Genim..hamor wyrte blosman.
a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 300/22 Perdicalis, homorwyrt.
1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Hammerwort is Pellitorie of the wall.
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