Etymology

sicklewort

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Today it means: A plant of the genus Coronilla (especially, Coronilla scorpioides), with curved pods. Full definition →

Old English sicolwyrt
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromsicolwyrt
  2. English todaysicklewort

From Old English sicolwyrt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.