English Explanatory Dictionary

madwort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of certain alyssums (Alyssum spp.).
  2. German madwort (Asperugo procumbens)

Word forms

madwort madworts

Etymology

From mad + wort, as formerly believed to cure canine madness.

Synonyms

great goosegrass

Derived words

American madwort desert madwort false madwort field madwort German madwort Golden-tuft madwort rock madwort pale madwort roadside false madwort Szowits' madwort umbellate madwort
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