† molewortn.
Obsolete. rare.
Sir J. Hill's name for: a plant belonging to or formerly included in the genus Arabis; rock cress, wall cress.mouse-ear molewort: see mouse-ear n. 3.
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heal-dog1551
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rock cress1650
shepherd's cress1713
pennycress1714
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molewort1770
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1770 J. Hill Herbarium Brit. II. 269 Genus iv. Arabis. Molewort.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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