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单词 mitrewort
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mitrewortmiterwortn.

Brit. /ˈmʌɪtəwəːt/, U.S. /ˈmaɪdərˌwərt/, /ˈmaɪdərˌwɔrt/
Forms: 1700s– mitrewort, 1800s– miterwort (now chiefly U.S.).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mitre n.1, wort n.1
Etymology: < mitre n.1 + wort n.1, after the shape of the young fruit. Compare earlier mitella n. (compare sense 2 s.v.).
1. Now in full false mitrewort. A tiarella (foamflower), esp. T. cordifolia.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > saxifrage and allies > [noun]
sengreenc1000
wayworta1300
saxifragec1440
stonebreak1548
grass of Parnassus1578
mountain pennywort1578
white liverwort1597
breakstone1688
Parnassia1727
mitella1731
lady's cushion1739
tiarella1759
American bastard sanicle1760
sanicle1760
mitrewort1771
queen's cushion1825
bishop's-cap1839
astilbe1843
coolwort1848
mitrewort1848
rodgersia1874
chrysosplene1877
rockfoil1879
old man's beard1882
foam flower1895
Indian rhubarb1897
mossy1938
piggyback plant1946
heucherella1949
1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Plants N. Amer. in tr. J. B. Bossu Trav. Louisiana II. 36 Tiarella cordifolia. Mitre-wort, cordated. N. Amer.
1817–18 A. Eaton Botany (1822) 487 Tiarella cordifolia, miter-wort, gem-fruit.
1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 150 Mitella, Tourn. Mitre-wort. Tiarella, L. False Mitre-wort.
1874 C. H. Hitchcock Geol. New Hampsh. i. 390 The bright white flower of the false mitrewort appears in all marshy places.
1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 68 Foamflower, False Miterwort... Similar to Miterwort but lacks the stem leaves and has a very different flower structure (no fringes; very long stamens).
2. A mitella (see mitella n. 2), esp. M. diphylla. Also with distinguishing word.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > saxifrage and allies > [noun]
sengreenc1000
wayworta1300
saxifragec1440
stonebreak1548
grass of Parnassus1578
mountain pennywort1578
white liverwort1597
breakstone1688
Parnassia1727
mitella1731
lady's cushion1739
tiarella1759
American bastard sanicle1760
sanicle1760
mitrewort1771
queen's cushion1825
bishop's-cap1839
astilbe1843
coolwort1848
mitrewort1848
rodgersia1874
chrysosplene1877
rockfoil1879
old man's beard1882
foam flower1895
Indian rhubarb1897
mossy1938
piggyback plant1946
heucherella1949
1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 150 Mitella..Mitre-wort. Bishop's-cap.
1861 A. Wood Class Bk. Bot. 92 The pinnatifid petal of miterwort.
1898 C. A. Creevey Flowers of Field 363 Mitre-wort. Bishop's Cap. Mitella diphylla.
1935 Amer. Midland Naturalist 16 198 I found that some small animals had been cutting down the stalks of mitrewort (Mitella diphylla) and feeding on the seeds.
1942 R. Peattie Friendly Mts. 206 Down in the wet moss we find the rare little naked miter wort.
1979 W. A. Niering & N. C. Olmstead Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer Wildflowers, Eastern Region 777 Miterwort... The common and genus names allude to the fruit, which has the shape of a small cap or bishop's miter.
1994 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 121 386 Among the native flowering species that attracted attention during the trip were..Miterwort (Mitella diphylla).
3. Any of several small tropical American herbaceous plants of the genera Mitreola and Cynoctonum (family Loganiaceae); esp. Cynoctonum mitreola. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Loganiaceae (Strychnos and allies) > [noun]
Strychnos1836
mitrewort1856
1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 174 Mitreola L., Mitre-wort.
1871 A. Featherman Rep. Bot. Survey Louisiana 90 Mitreola petiolata, Tor. and Gr., Stalk-leafed Miterwort.
1963 Amer. Midland Naturalist 69 359 Cynoctonum mitreola (L.) Britt. Miterwort.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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