wartwort

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English wartwort, wertewert, wrotwort, equivalent to wart +‎ wort.

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Noun[edit]

wartwort (countable and uncountable, plural wartworts)

  1. Any of various plants, including Norther European species of spurge (Euphorbia) and the nipplewort (Lapsana communis), formerly believed to cure warts.

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