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Definition of Felwort
1. Noun. Gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas.
Generic synonyms: Gentian
Group relationships: Gentianella, Genus Gentianella
Definition of Felwort
1. n. A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family.
Definition of Felwort
1. Noun. (botany) A European herb, ''Swertia perennis'', of the gentian family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Felwort
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Felwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Felwort
Literary usage of Felwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Leaves about an inch long, Flowers blue, in terminal cymes and subterminal whorls.
The plant turns nearly black in drying. Deflexed Halenia. felwort. 3. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The name of felwort given to G. amarella, but occasionally applied to the whole
genus, is stated by Dr Prior to be given in allusion to these properties—fcl ..."
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