Found 2 items, similar to motherwort.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: motherwort
motherwort
n : bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins
having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers
[syn:
Leonurus cardiaca]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: motherwort
Lion's tail
\Li"on's tail`\ (l[imac]"[u^]nz t[=a]l`) n. (Bot.)
A genus of labiate plants (
Leonurus); -- so called from a
fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a
lion's tail.
Leonurus Cardiaca is the common
motherwort.
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Mugwort
\Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf.
Midge.] (Bot.)
A somewhat aromatic composite weed (
Artemisia vulgaris), at
one time used medicinally; -- called also
motherwort.
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