Meanings
nounmasterwort (countable and uncountable, plural masterworts)
plural masterworts
- countableuncountablePeucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes.First known use 16th c.
The root of Masterwort is hotter than Pepper, and very available in all cold griefs and diseases both of stomach and body, dissolving very powerfully upward and downward.
1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 184 - countableuncountableAstrantia spp., such as the great masterwort.
- countableuncountableGround elder (Aegopodium podagraria).
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian самодивска трева
- самодивска трева (samodivska treva)Peucedanum ostruthium
Catalan imperatòria
- imperatòriaPeucedanum ostruthium
Finnish rohtosuoputki, tähtiputki
- rohtosuoputkiPeucedanum ostruthium
- tähtiputkiAstrantia spp.
French impératoire
- impératoirePeucedanum ostruthium
German Meisterwurz
- MeisterwurzPeucedanum ostruthium
Italian imperatoria
- imperatoriaPeucedanum ostruthium
Polish gorysz miarz, jarzmianka
- gorysz miarzPeucedanum ostruthium
- jarzmiankaAstrantia spp.
Portuguese imperatória
- imperatóriaPeucedanum ostruthium
Russian горичник настурциевый, астра́нция
- горичник настурциевый (goričnik nasturcijevyj)Peucedanum ostruthium
- астра́нция (astráncija)Astrantia spp.
- звездо́вка (zvezdóvka)Astrantia spp.
Turkish imparator otu
- imparator otuPeucedanum ostruthium
Welsh ffenigl-y-moch gwridog
- ffenigl-y-moch gwridogPeucedanum ostruthium
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APA
masterwort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masterwort
MLA
“masterwort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masterwort. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “masterwort,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masterwort.
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