bishopwort

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A form of bishop's-wort — Betony (Stachys officinalis or Betonica officinalis, syn. Stachys betonica)

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounbishopwort (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of bishop's-wort.

    [L]et it lie till the sun be up, wash it afterwards, and make into a drink with bishopwort and lichen off a crucifix[.]

    1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 16

Synonyms & antonyms

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