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Definition of Honewort
1. n. An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
Definition of Honewort
1. Noun. Either of two plants of the family ''Umbelliferae'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Honewort
1. a perennial herb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Honewort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Honewort
Literary usage of Honewort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1812)
"Hedge Stonewort, or honewort. Moist woods and hedges. P. Aug.—Sept.—(A. Fl. Brit.
... Corn honewort. Cornfields and hedge sides in chalk and clay. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"See Maiden's Honesty. Honesty, Small. Dianthus plumarius, L.—Lyte. Applied to
Pinks generally by Ger. honewort. Petroselinum segetum, Koch. ..."
3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Three-leaved Canadian honewort. Nat. of North America. ... Water honewort. Nat.
of Britain. Fl. May and June. Willden. sp.pl. 1. H.0. 5. ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"In some modern books this plant is called Corn honewort, and Sison ... L., Hedge
honewort, the two having been placed in the same genus (. ..."
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