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felwort

felwort noun: a European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.

felwort: a European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family
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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 felwort

pluralfelworts
alternative formfellwort
alternative formfelwoort

Origin of felwort

Probably a corruption of fieldwort.

Questions about felwort

What does felwort mean?
Felwort means a European herb, Swertia perennis (star swertia), of the gentian family.
What part of speech is felwort?
Felwort is a noun.
What is the plural of felwort?
The plural of felwort is felworts.

Words near felwort in the dictionary

  1. feluccas
  2. Felup
  3. felvizumab
  4. felwoort
  5. felwoorts
  6. felwort
  7. felworts
  8. felypressin
  9. fem
  10. fem lib
  11. Fem&M's

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