'Moonwort' definitions:

Definition of 'moonwort'

noun

Of America and Eurasia and Australia [syn: moonwort, common moonwort, Botrychium lunaria]

From: GCIDE

Moonwort \Moon"wort`\ (m[=oo]n"w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.) (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty. (b) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. {Botrychium Lunaria}; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honest['e], onest['e] (cf. F. honn[^e]tet['e]), L. honestas. See Honest, a.]
1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. [1913 Webster]
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. --1 Tim. ii. 2. [1913 Webster]
3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; Lunaria rediva is perennial honesty.
Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Lunaria \Lunaria\ prop. n. A small genus of European herbs of the mustard family, including the herb honesty (Lunaria annua), which is also called moonwort and lunary.
Syn: genus Lunaria. [WordNet 1.5]