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Bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers
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motherwort
Word definitions for motherwort in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers [syn: Leonurus cardiaca ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. Midge .] (Bot.) A somewhat aromatic composite weed ( Artemisia vulgaris ), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several perennial plants, of the genus ''Leonurus'', used in traditional medicine to help with childbirth or treat uterine disorders. (from 13th c.)
Usage examples of motherwort.
I suggested an herb called motherwort to calm her nerves and to help her sleep.
He prepared a mild sedative - a tincture of blue cohosh and motherwort - and gave it to her to gentle down some of her worse fits of grief.
The grasses, cattails, and motherwort were bowed, and the water was still.
Hardy stalks of motherwort, with their tiny pink flowers, grew in thick clumps.
Motherwort is usually given in warm infusion, in suppression of the menses from cold.