Definition of Sawwort

1. Noun. European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye.

Exact synonyms: Serratula Tinctoria
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

sawpit
sawpits
saws
sawset
sawsets
sawshark
sawsharks
sawteeth
sawtimber
sawtimbers
sawtooth
sawtoothed
sawtoothlike
sawtries
sawtry
sawwort (current term)
sawyer
sawyer's handful
sawyer beetle
sawyers
sax
sax-tuba
saxafras
saxagliptin
saxatile
saxaul
saxauls
saxe blue
saxefras
saxello

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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