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motherwort

(-wʉrt′)

noun

any of a genus (Leonurus) of weedy plants of the mint family; esp., an Old World perennial (L. cardiaca) with pink or purplish flowers and a spiny, toothed calyx

Origin: ME moderwort (see mother & wort): from the notion that it was helpful in curing diseases of the womb

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noun

Any of several Eurasian plants of the genus Leonurus, especially L. cardiaca, a weed having clusters of small purple or pink flowers and spine-tipped calyx lobes.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English moderwort

Origin: : moder, mother, womb (from its use in treating diseases of the uterus); see Mother ¹

Origin: + wort, wort; see wort¹

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