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Definition of Damewort
1. n. A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet.
Definition of Damewort
1. Noun. ''Hesperis matronalis'', a herbaceous mustard. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Damewort
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Damewort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Damewort
Literary usage of Damewort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"In With. ed. i v. it ia called damewort. Damsel. The damson. — Cites. ; Tks.
(Holderness), EDS Gloss. ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
""damewort" is supposed to be a still earlier name. The common name is undoubtedly
a translation of the scientific one, but there are those who make ..."
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