Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of several umbelliferous plants of the genera Tordylium, Seseli, and Bupleurum, especially Tordylium maximum, native of southern Europe and northern Africa, and sparingly found in England. See
Tordylium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (
Tordylium maximum ).
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- noun A coarse
umbelliferous plant ofEurope (Tordylium maximum).
Etymologies
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hart + wort?
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These nouns probably denoted originally a certain plant (compare Syriac תבלא - 'tordylium, hartwort, meadow saxifrage'), whence, with sense enlargement, 'any plant used for seasoning', whence
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chained_bear commented on the word hartwort
usage on confectio Damocritis
October 16, 2008