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Definition of Miterwort
1. Noun. Any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Mitella, Mitella
Specialized synonyms: Fairy Cup, Mitella Diphylla, Five-point Bishop's Cap, Mitella Pentandra
Definition of Miterwort
1. n. Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap.
Definition of Miterwort
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus ''Mitella'': slender perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miterwort
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Medical Definition of Miterwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Miterwort
Literary usage of Miterwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"TIARELLA, FALSE miterwort. (From tiara, a turban. ... MITELLA, miterwort, BISHOP'S
CAP. (Name means a little mitre, from the shape of the 2-cleft ovary and ..."
2. Report (1913)
"Horseradish. Noticed as an escape in several places. Tiarella cordifolia.
False miterwort. Occasional in rich woods on the west side. ..."
3. Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of by Asa Gray, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1908)
"miterwort Corolla little longer than the calyx, somewhat funnel-form. Stamens fl,
included. Ovary at the base slightly adnate to the bottom of the calyx, ..."
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