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felonwort

felonwort noun: bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

Noun

felonwort (uncountable)

  1. Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).
  2. Other plants traditionally used to treat the type of bacterial infection known as a felon, such as celandine.

Origin of felonwort

From felon + wort, from its supposed efficacy in treating felons ("inflammations around the nail").

Questions about felonwort

What does felonwort mean?
Felonwort means bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).
What part of speech is felonwort?
Felonwort is a noun.

Words near felonwort in the dictionary

  1. felonries
  2. felonry
  3. felons
  4. felonweed
  5. felonwood
  6. felonwort
  7. felony
  8. felony murder
  9. felony murder rule
  10. felony murders
  11. felony stop

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