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lightwort

lightwort noun: a flowering plant in the borage family, of species Mertensia maritima.

Noun

lightwort (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A flowering plant in the borage family, of species Mertensia maritima.

Questions about lightwort

What does lightwort mean?
Lightwort means a flowering plant in the borage family, of species Mertensia maritima.
What part of speech is lightwort?
Lightwort is a noun.

Words near lightwort in the dictionary

  1. lightwoods
  2. lightwork
  3. lightworker
  4. lightworkers
  5. lightworking
  6. lightwort
  7. lighty
  8. lightyear
  9. lightyears
  10. Lightys
  11. ligiid

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