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fellwort

fellwort is the alternative form of felwort.

Meaning of felwort

Noun

felwort (countable and uncountable, plural felworts)

  1. A European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.
  2. Any member of any species in genus Swertia.
  3. Any member of any species in the tribe Gentianeae
    • On 31st July 1990 seven plants of a small felwort, Gentianella amarella (L.) Boerner, were discovered by the writer growing in short, sheep-grazed Festuca – Sesleria grassland at Kettlewell. Unlike our usual felwort which has blue flowers, these plants had the corolla white on the inside with a...1994, Phil Abbott, The Naturalist, volume 119, number 1010, Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, page 125

Forms of fellwort

pluralfellworts

Questions about fellwort

What is fellwort the alternative form of?
Fellwort is the alternative form of felwort.

Words near fellwort in the dictionary

  1. Fellup
  2. fellutanine
  3. fellwalker
  4. fellwalkers
  5. fellwalking
  6. fellwort
  7. fellworts
  8. felly
  9. Felmersham
  10. Felmine
  11. Felmingham

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