hog's wort

noun

A plant of the genus Peucedanum.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounhog's wort (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralA plant of the genus Peucedanum.

    Round the fish are placed four flat stones, on which the plant hog's wort (Peucedanum leiocarpum, Nutt.), red paint, and bulrushes are burnt as an offering to the salmon.

    1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 254
Cite this entry
APA

hog's wort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hog's%20wort

MLA

“hog's wort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hog's%20wort. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hog's wort,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hog's%20wort.

Source: hog's wort on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.