What is "wartwort"

Wartwort \Wart"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge ( Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort ( Lampsana communis).

n. Any of various plants, including Norther European species of spurge (''Euphorbia'') and the nipplewort ((taxlink Lapsana communis species noshow=1)), formerly believed to cure warts.

n. not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun [syn: sun spurge, wartweed, devil's milk, Euphorbia helioscopia]