moonwort
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmuːnwəːt/
Noun
moonwort (plural moonworts)
- A small fern, Botrychium lunaria (lesser moonwort); later, any member of the genus. [from 15th c.]
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 194:
- Moonwort is an herb which they say will open locks, and unshoe such horses as tread upon it.
- (now US, UK regional) Lunaria annua (greater moonwort); also known as honesty and annual honesty. [from 16th c.]
Translations
Botrychium lunaria
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References
- Botrychium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “moonwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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