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felworts

felworts is the plural 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

Questions about felworts

What is felworts the plural of?
Felworts is the plural of felwort.

Words near felworts in the dictionary

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

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