brownwortn.
/ˈbraʊnwəːt/ Herbalism ? Obsolete.
A name of the Water-Betony ( Scrophularia aquatica), and perhaps other species of Scrophularia.
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brownwortc1000
scrophularyc1400
water betonyc1400
bishop-leaves1597
fig-wort1597
kernel-wort1597
pilewort1640
scrophularia1663
water figwort1670
rose noble1808
snake's head1834
salpiglossid1846
salt-rheum weed1846
Cornish money-wort1848
turtle-head1857
scrophulariad1866
fiddlewood1878–86
stinking Christopher1878
stinkwort1890
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 158 Genim þysse wyrte wyrttruman þe engle brunewyrt hatað.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 374 Wið lungen adle Genim..& bryse wyrt & brun wyrt.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 54 Brownworte, herbe [1499 brother wort], pulio, peruleium [1499 puleium].
1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. L ij The herbe whiche we call in Englyshe water betony or brown wurt.
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants ii. i. i. 60 In Brownwort, the Basis of the Stalk sinking down by degrees..becomes the upper part of the Root.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 248 Scrophularia aquatica, Bishop's-leaves, Water-Betony, Brown-wort.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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