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- Middle English · inherited fromwartwort
- English todaywartwort
From Middle English wartwort, wertewert, wrotwort, equivalent to wart + wort.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
wartwort
Today it means: Any of various plants, including Norther European species of spurge (Euphorbia) and the nipplewort (Lapsana communis), formerly believed to cure warts. Full definition →
Middle English wartwort