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fishwort

fishwort noun: houttuynia cordata, a herbaceous perennial plant sometimes used as a herb.

Noun

fishwort (uncountable)

  1. Houttuynia cordata, a herbaceous perennial plant sometimes used as a herb.

Origin of fishwort

From fish + wort, from its fishy smell.

Questions about fishwort

What does fishwort mean?
Fishwort means houttuynia cordata, a herbaceous perennial plant sometimes used as a herb.
What part of speech is fishwort?
Fishwort is a noun.

Words near fishwort in the dictionary

  1. fishworker
  2. fishworkers
  3. fishworks
  4. fishworm
  5. fishworms
  6. fishwort
  7. fishwrap
  8. fishwrapper
  9. fishwrappers
  10. fishwraps
  11. fishy

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