woodmarch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An umbelliferous plant, a species of sanicle (Sanicula europaea).

Word forms

woodmarch woodmarches

Etymology

From Middle English wodemarch, wudemerch, from Old English wudemerċe, wudumerċe, from wude, wudu (“wood”) + merċe, mereċe (a type of aquatic plant), from Proto-Germanic *marikiz (“waterplant, celery, parsley”).

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