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miterwort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun miterwort has 1 sense
- miterwort(n = noun.plant) bishop's cap, mitrewort - any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus mitella, mitella
has particulars: fairy cup, mitella diphylla, five-point bishop's cap, mitella pentandra
CIDE DICTIONARY
miterwort, n.
Any plant of the genus Mitella , -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap. [1913 Webster]
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