'Motherwort' definitions:
Definition of 'motherwort'
(from WordNet)
noun
Bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers [syn: motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca]
Definition of 'Motherwort'
From: GCIDE
- Motherwort \Moth"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail. (b) The mugwort. See Mugwort. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'motherwort'
From: GCIDE
- Lion's tail \Li"on's tail`\ (l[imac]"[u^]nz t[=a]l`) n. (Bot.) A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. Leonurus Cardiaca is the common motherwort. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'motherwort'
From: GCIDE
- Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. Midge.] (Bot.) A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort. [1913 Webster]