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throatwort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun throatwort has 1 sense
- throatwort(n = noun.plant) campanula trachelium, nettle-leaved bellflower - European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat; Array is a kind of bellflower, campanula
CIDE DICTIONARY
throatwort, n.
A plant (Campanula Trachelium ) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla. [1913 Webster]
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