MOTHERWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motherwort mean? 

• MOTHERWORT (noun)
  The noun MOTHERWORT has 1 sense:

1. bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers

  Familiarity information: MOTHERWORT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTHERWORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Leonurus cardiaca; motherwort

Hypernyms ("motherwort" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("motherwort" is a member of...):

genus Leonurus; Leonurus (genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorls)