miterwort

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noun

Any plant of the genus Mitella, slender perennial herbs with flower slightly resembling a bishop's miter of the arctic and temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere.

Similar
mitrewortbishop's cap
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Meanings

nounmiterwort (plural miterworts)

plural miterworts · alternative mitrewort

  1. Any plant of the genus Mitella, slender perennial herbs with flower slightly resembling a bishop's miter of the arctic and temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter

Similar
mitrewortbishop's cap
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
bishop's cap

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From miter + wort.

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APA

miterwort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miterwort

MLA

“miterwort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miterwort. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miterwort,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miterwort.

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