| ADDERWORT | • adderwort n. Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed. • ADDERWORT n. the common bistort, aka snakeweed. |
| BLADDERWORT | • bladderwort n. Any of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus Utricularia, that have open bladders that trap… • BLADDERWORT n. a kind of seaweed. |
| BUTTERWORT | • butterwort n. Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula. • BUTTERWORT n. a genus of low insectivorous herbs. |
| FEVERWORT | • feverwort n. A plant of the genus Centaurium. • feverwort n. A plant of the genus Triosteum. • FEVERWORT n. a coarse American herb of the honeysuckle family. |
| LASERWORT | • laserwort n. An umbelliferous plant (Laserpitium latifolium) from which the resin laser was obtained. • LASERWORT n. any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. |
| LIVERWORT | • liverwort n. A type of bryophyte (includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) with a leafy stem or leafless thallus… • liverwort n. A common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used… • LIVERWORT n. any bryophyte of the class Hepaticae, with a capsule splitting open into four valves. |
| MASTERWORT | • masterwort n. Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes. • masterwort n. Astrantia spp., such as the great masterwort. • masterwort n. Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria). |
| MITERWORT | • miterwort n. Any plant of the genus Mitella, slender perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop’s miter. • MITERWORT n. a slender, perennial herb with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter, also MITREWORT. |
| MOORWORT | • moorwort n. A plant, the staggerbush. • MOORWORT n. a marsh flower, aka bog rosemary, bog asphodel. |
| MOTHERWORT | • motherwort n. Any of several perennial plants of the genus Leonurus, especially Leonurus cardiaca, used in traditional… • motherwort n. Artemisia vulgaris. • MOTHERWORT n. a labiate herb, of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine. |
| PEPPERWORT | • pepperwort n. Any of several species of perennial plant in the genus Lepidium (originally specifically dittander… • pepperwort n. Any of various species of plant in the genus Marsilea, especially Marsilea minuta. • PEPPERWORT n. a wild plant, aka peppergrass. |
| SETTERWORT | • setterwort n. The bear’s-foot (Helleborus foetidus). • SETTERWORT n. the bear's-foot hellebore, so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. |
| SLIPPERWORT | • slipperwort n. Any of various plants of the genus Calceolaria, usually with orange or yellow flowers. • SLIPPERWORT n. the calceolaria. |
| SPEARWORT | • spearwort n. Any of various perennial herbaceous plants in the Ranunculus (buttercup) genus. • SPEARWORT n. a name given to several species of crowfoot which have spear-shaped leaves. |
| SPIDERWORT | • spiderwort n. A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow. • SPIDERWORT n. any plant of the genus Tradescantia, with deep-blue or reddish-violet flowers. |
| STARWORT | • starwort n. Any of several not closely related plants that have a star-shaped flowers or leaves, but especially… • STARWORT n. any plant of the genus Aster. |
| SULPHURWORT | • sulphurwort n. The plant hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale). • SULPHURWORT n. an umbelliferous plant akin to parsnip, with yellow flowers and juice. |