Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the labiate genus Sideritis.
- noun A plant of the genus Galeopsis, G. Tetrahit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An herb of the Mint family (Sideritis), supposed to heal sword cuts; also, a species of Galeopsis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
herb of themint family, formerly believed toheal sword cuts . - noun botany A
species of Galeopsis.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The waysides were bright with the glory of goldenrod, and royal with the purple of asters and ironwort.
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Milkweed, goldenrod, ironwort, fringed gentians, cardinal-flowers, and turtle-head stood on the very edge of the creek, and every flower of them had a double in the water.
Freckles 1904
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Everywhere she flaunted her yellow banner and trailed the purple of her mantle, that was paler in the thistle-heads, took on strength in the first opening asters, and glowed and burned in the ironwort.
Freckles 1904
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He broke a spray of ironwort beside him and used the purple bloom to beat the dust from his shoulders and limbs.
Freckles 1904
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The goldenrod and purple ironwort were dust-colored and dust-choked.
At the Foot of the Rainbow Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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He broke a spray of ironwort beside him and used the purple bloom to beat the dust from his shoulders and limbs.
Freckles Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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Like a bloom-outlined vegetable bed, the goldenrod and ironwort, in gaudy border, filled the fence corners of the big fields.
Moths of the Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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Everywhere she flaunted her yellow banner and trailed the purple of her mantle, that was paler in the thistle-heads, took on strength in the first opening asters, and glowed and burned in the ironwort.
Freckles Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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The waysides were bright with the glory of goldenrod, and royal with the purple of asters and ironwort.
The Song of the Cardinal Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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Jimmy snipped a spray of purple ironwort with his corn-cutter, and stuck it through his suspender buckle.
At the Foot of the Rainbow Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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