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fieldwort

fieldwort noun: gentian.

fieldwort: gentian
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Noun

fieldwort (uncountable)

  1. gentian

Origin of fieldwort

From Middle English feldewort, feldwurt, feltwyrt, from Old English feldwyrt (“fieldwort, gentian”), equivalent to field + wort.

Questions about fieldwort

What does fieldwort mean?
Fieldwort means gentian.
What part of speech is fieldwort?
Fieldwort is a noun.

Words near fieldwort in the dictionary

  1. fieldwomen
  2. fieldwork
  3. fieldworker
  4. fieldworkers
  5. fieldworks
  6. fieldwort
  7. fieldwren
  8. fieldwrens
  9. fieldy
  10. Fiels
  11. fielty

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