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Definition of Moorwort
1. Noun. Wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States.
Definition of Moorwort
1. a marsh plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moorwort
Literary usage of Moorwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"... L. The Poly-leaved Andromeda, or moorwort. Identification. Lin. Sp.. ...
moorwort. Marsh Holy Rose ; Andromede, Fr. and Gtr. Engravings. Lin. ..."