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miltwaste

miltwaste noun: any of species (Asplenium ceterach) of small European ferns formerly used in medicine.

Noun

miltwaste (plural miltwastes)

  1. (archaic) Any of species (Asplenium ceterach) of small European ferns formerly used in medicine.
    • a species which is now rather inconsistently made the type of a genus bearing this last name of "Ceterach," while another set of plants, in no respect resembling a spleen, are called Spleenworts, and Miltwastes.1863, Richard Chandler Alexander Prior, On the Popular Names of British Plants, Being an Explanation of the Origin and Meaning of the Names of Our Indigenous and Most Commonly Cultivated Species...

Synonyms of miltwaste

Forms of miltwaste

pluralmiltwastes

Origin of miltwaste

From milt + waste.

Questions about miltwaste

What does miltwaste mean?
Miltwaste means any of species (Asplenium ceterach) of small European ferns formerly used in medicine.
What part of speech is miltwaste?
Miltwaste is a noun.
What is the plural of miltwaste?
The plural of miltwaste is miltwastes.

Words near miltwaste in the dictionary

  1. Miltown
  2. Miltowns
  3. milts
  4. miltsick
  5. miltsiekte
  6. miltwaste
  7. miltwastes
  8. miltwort
  9. milty
  10. miltz
  11. milu

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