stubwortn.
/ˈstʌbwəːt/ The Wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella.
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1541 Bk. Propertyes Herbes (new ed.) sig. A vj This herbe Alleluya men call it wodsore or stubworte.
1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines 3 Take an hearbe called wood sorrel, or stubwort which..groweth in woods, in bushes & stubs of old trees.
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry Table for hard Words Stubwort is an hearbe which growes in wooddy places, and is called wood-Sorrell.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1106/2 Stubwort, Oxalis acetosella.
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