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Native to Europe
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birthwort
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Word definitions for birthwort in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America [syn: Aristolochia clematitis ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Certain plant species of the genus ''Aristolochia''. 2 birthroot, (taxlink Trillium erectum species noshow=1)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Birthwort \Birth"wort`\, n. A genus of herbs and shrubs ( Aristolochia ), reputed to have medicinal properties.
Usage examples of birthwort.
If she had, she might not have had the strength to go into the woods, find the dog's mercury, the birthwort, and drink the bitter drench that she made from it to kill the child of shame in her own womb.
He had not told the full story: How Wulfgar had pressed and pressed his pregnant wife to take birthwort, to kill the rapist's child in her womb.
Asarabacca is the only British species of the Birthwort family (and perhaps not indigenous).