masterwort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any plant of the genus Astrantia
    astrantia.

WordNet

Mas"ter*wort` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria). (b) The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre. (c) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum).

Webster 1913