spearwort

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noun

Any of various perennial herbaceous plants in the Ranunculus (buttercup) genus.

OriginMiddle English sperwort ← Old English sperewyrt →
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Meanings

nounspearwort (countable and uncountable, plural spearworts)

plural spearworts

  1. countableuncountableAny of various perennial herbaceous plants in the Ranunculus (buttercup) genus.

    Nor taint-worm ſhall infect the yeaning herds / Nor penny-graſs, nor ſpearwort's poiſ'nous leaf.

    1757, John Dyer, “Book I”, in The Fleece: A Poem […] , London: R. and J. Dodsley, page 40

Origin

  1. Old Englishsperewyrt
  2. Middle Englishsperwort
  3. Englishspearwort

From Middle English sperwort, sperewort, from Old English sperewyrt, i.e. spear + wort.

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Anagrams

sportwear
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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