alyssum
Origin of madwort
mad + wort; once a supposed remedy for rabiesmadwort
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madwort
noun
- A low-growing plant (Asperugo procumbens) with small blue flowers, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America.
- See alyssum.
Origin of madwort
Sense 1, perhaps alteration (influenced by madder ) of Dutch mede madder wort 1 ( from the use of A. procumbens to make a dye ) Sense 2, originally a name for various plants supposed to cure rabies, and later also for plants of the genus Alyssum mad rabid wort 1 ( partial translation of Latin alyssum ) ( from Greek alusson ; see alyssum . )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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