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barrenworts

barrenworts is the plural of barrenwort.

Meaning of barrenwort

Noun

barrenwort (usually uncountable, plural barrenworts)

  1. (usually) A herb, Epimedium alpinum, once thought to prevent conception.
    • “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177

Questions about barrenworts

What is barrenworts the plural of?
Barrenworts is the plural of barrenwort.

Words near barrenworts in the dictionary

  1. barrens chytonix
  2. barrens chytonixes
  3. Barrentine
  4. Barrentines
  5. barrenwort
  6. barrenworts
  7. barrer
  8. Barrera
  9. barrerite
  10. Barrero
  11. Barreros

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