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masterwort

UK/ˈmɑːstəwəːt/

masterwort noun: peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes.

Noun

masterwort (countable and uncountable, plural masterworts)

  1. Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes.
    • The root of Masterwort is hotter than Pepper, and very available in all cold griefs and diseases both of stomach and body, dissolving very powerfully upward and downward.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 184
  2. Astrantia spp., such as the great masterwort.
  3. Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria).

masterwort meaning in Bengali

masterwort in Bengali

প্রজাতির উদ্ভিদ, গ্রাউন্ড এলডার

Forms of masterwort

pluralmasterworts

Origin of masterwort

From master + wort.

Questions about masterwort

What does masterwort mean?
Masterwort means peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes.
What is masterwort in Bengali?
Masterwort in Bengali is প্রজাতির উদ্ভিদ, গ্রাউন্ড এলডার. See Masterwort meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is masterwort?
Masterwort is a noun.
How do you pronounce masterwort?
Masterwort is pronounced /ˈmɑːstəwəːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of masterwort?
The plural of masterwort is masterworts.

Words near masterwort in the dictionary

  1. mastertones
  2. masterweaver
  3. masterweavers
  4. masterwork
  5. masterworks
  6. masterwort
  7. masterworts
  8. mastery
  9. mastery learning
  10. masthead
  11. masthead sloop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: masterwort (page history and authors); masterwort (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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