motherwort
English
Etymology
From Middle English moderwort; equivalent to mother + wort.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmʌðəwəːt/
Noun
motherwort (plural motherworts)
- Any of several perennial plants of the genus Leonurus, especially Leonurus cardiaca, used in traditional medicine to help with childbirth or treat uterine disorders. [from 13th c.]
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 195:
- Besides, it makes women joyful and mothers of children and settles their wombs as they should be; therefore we call it Motherwort.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 195:
- Artemisia vulgaris.
Translations
References
- motherwort at OneLook Dictionary Search
- motherwort in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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