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Definition of Sawwort
1. Noun. European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye.
Group relationships: Genus Serratula, Serratula
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Sawwort
1. n. Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawwort
Literary usage of Sawwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1886)
"The reason why the sawwort and its unarmed South European allies have managed to
do without the protective inventions of their more developed relations is ..."
2. Colin Clout's Calendar: The Record of a Summer April by Grant Allen (1883)
"The common sawwort, which abounds in copses and hangers in the south of England,
represents the first rough draft of a thistle in this nascent condition. ..."
3. Colin Clout's Calendar: The Record of a Summer. April-October by Grant Allen (1901)
"The common sawwort, which abounds in copses and hangers in the south of England,
represents the first rough draft of a thistle in this nascent condition. ..."
4. Flora Bedfordiensis, Comprehending Such Plants as Grow Wild in the County of by Charles Abbot (1798)
"Common sawwort. — S. tinctoria. Leaves harp-shaped, winged, terminal wing the
largest; florets all alike. — Sowerby. 38- Woods and Fields, July, P. Common. ..."
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