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motherwort definition

mother·wort (-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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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