wort : Idioms & Phrases

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bishop's-wort

Bish"op's-wort` noun
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  1. (Bot.) Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush.
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common st john's wort

  • noun deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain
    tutsan; Hypericum androsaemum.
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creeping st john's wort

  • noun creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover
    Hypericum calycinum.
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Dragon's wort

  • (Bot.), a plant of the genus Artemisia (A. dracunculus).
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great st john's wort

  • noun perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes
    Hypericum ascyron; Hypericum pyramidatum.
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john's-wort

John's"-wort` noun
Definitions
  1. See St. John's-wort.
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kidney wort

  • noun widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
    coyote bush; chaparral broom; coyote brush; Baccharis pilularis.
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marsh st-john's wort

  • noun perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers; southeastern United States
    Hypericum virginianum.
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Marsh St. John's-wort

  • (Bot.), an American herb (Elodes Virginica) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers.
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Saint Jame's wort

  • (Bot.), a kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobæa).
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Saint John's-wort

  • (Bot.), any plant of the genus Hypericum, most species of which have yellow flowers; called also John's-wort.
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Saint Peter's-wort

  • (Bot.), a name of several plants, as Hypericum Ascyron, H. quadrangulum, Ascyrum stans, etc.
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saw-wort

Saw"-wort` noun
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  1. (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
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shrubby st john's wort

  • noun stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers
    Hypericum prolificum; Hypericum spathulatum.
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st john's wort

  • noun any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil
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st john's wort family

  • noun widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
    Guttiferae; family Guttiferae; family Clusiaceae; Clusiaceae.
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st peter's wort

  • noun European perennial St John's wort; Ireland and France to western Siberia
    Hypericum maculatum; Hypericum tetrapterum.
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swallow wort

  • noun perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
    greater celandine; swallowwort; celandine; Chelidonium majus.
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whitlow-wort

Whit"low-wort` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
Webster 1913

willow-wort

Wil"low-wort` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) Same as Willow-weed. (b) Any plant of the order Salicaceæ, or the Willow family.
Webster 1913