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moonworts

moonworts is the plural of moonwort.

Meaning of moonwort

Noun

moonwort (plural moonworts)

  1. A small fern, Botrychium lunaria (lesser moonwort); later, any member of the genus.
    • Moonwort is an herb which they say will open locks, and unshoe such horses as tread upon it.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 194
  2. (UK, US, regional) Lunaria annua (greater moonwort); also known as honesty and annual honesty.

Questions about moonworts

What is moonworts the plural of?
Moonworts is the plural of moonwort.

Words near moonworts in the dictionary

  1. moonwatcher
  2. moonwatchers
  3. moonwatching
  4. moonwise
  5. moonwort
  6. moonworts
  7. moony
  8. moop
  9. moor
  10. moor blackbird
  11. moor buzzard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moonworts (page history and authors); moonwort (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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