English Explanatory Dictionary

woundwort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
  2. Any of several plants of the genus Stachys
  3. Achillea millefolium (soldier's woundwort)
  4. Anthyllis vulneraria (kidney vetch)
  5. Solidago virgaurea (European golden-rod)
  6. Bellis perennis (English daisy)
  7. Prunella vulgaris (common self-heal)

Word forms

woundwort woundworts

Etymology

From wound + wort.

Related words

liverwort lungwort spleenwort toothwort

Derived words

clown's woundwort corn woundwort field woundwort hedge woundwort marsh woundwort soldier's woundwort

Translations

German: Berufskraut German: Berufkraut German: Wundkraut Russian: око́пник Russian: костоло́мка Serbo-Croatian: ranjenica Serbo-Croatian: okopnik Serbo-Croatian: kostolomka Swedish: sårväxt
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