Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of bellflower, Campanula Trachelium, the great throatwort, sometimes called
haskwort , once an esteemed remedy for throat-ailments; also,C. Cervicaria and other campanulas. - noun A plant of the genus Trachelium, allied to Campanula; also, the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, and the figwort, Scrophularia nodosa.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A plant (
Campanula Trachelium ) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
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- noun botany A
plant , Campanula trachelium, with athroat -shapedcorolla , once considered aremedy forsore throats .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat
Etymologies
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Examples
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RARE BEAUTY The common name of this less common plant is "throatwort" Trachelium caeruleum.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL TORTORELLO 2012
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Rare Beauty: The common name of this less common plant is "throatwort" Trachelium caeruleum.
The Seattle Times 2012
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Like many plants, throatwort was believed to have healing properties, in particular with sore throats.
Baltiblogs 2009
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I chose throatwort for a reason -- it's a pretty flower, looks a little like broccoli, only a few people in the wholesale industry know much about it, and it's not very popular in arrangements ... so a perfect example of neglected beauty.
Baltiblogs 2009
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To divine the meaning of throatwort, I went back to where Florigraphy (literally, "the language of flowers") was at its peak in popularity.
Baltiblogs 2009
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It seems throatwort is not alone in the pretty flower-ugly name game.
Baltiblogs 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word throatwort
See trachelium.
January 13, 2011