sealwort

plural sealworts

1. countableuncountableSynonym of Solomon's seal.

   Also, the smaller-sized sealwort, Polygonatum falatum, in contrast with the etororatkip (Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum) of the same genus, is called pon-etororatkip.

   2001, Takako Yamada, The World View of the Ainu, →ISBN

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   The main reason for their longevity was digging up sealwort (Polygonatum sibiricum), the rhizome of Chinese atractylodes and the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephala) for use as food.

   1990, Zhengcai Liu, The mystery of longevity, →ISBN, page 160

   Synonyms: Solomon's seal

2. countableuncountableA variety of pearlwort, Sagina procumbens

   These days most of the relics are fabricated deceitfully, [such as those made from] a hollowed-out rock, the fruit of a sealwort, a fish eye, or remains fashioned by Nepalese, and must be analyzed by scholars.

   2013, Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Matthew T. Kapstein, Gray Tuttle, Sources of Tibetan Tradition, →ISBN, page 464