The Collaborative International Dictionary
False miterwort
Miterwort \Mi"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap.
False miterwort, a white-flowered perennial herb of the United States ( Tiarella cardifolia).
WordNet
false miterwort
n. plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana [syn: false mitrewort, Tiarella unifoliata]
stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant [syn: foamflower, coolwart, false mitrewort, Tiarella cordifolia]