barrenwortn.
/ˈbarənwəːt/ Herbalism.
English name of the genus Epimedium, esp. of Epimedium alpinum (family Berberidaceæ), a low plant, with creeping rhizomes and long-stalked tri-ternate leaves.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 389 I haue thought good to call it Barren woort in English..bicause..being drunke it is an enimie to conception.
1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 25 Baren-wort..grows in Woods, and has beautiful purple and yellow Flowers.
1882 Garden 22 Apr. 284/1 When well grown these Barrenworts are very fine plants.
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