tetterwort
English
Noun
tetterwort (uncountable)
- (Britain) A plant used as a remedy for tetter, Chelidonium majus
- (US) Sanguinaria canadensis, the bloodroot.
Synonyms
- (Chelidonium majus): swallowwort, greater celandine
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tetterwort in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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