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motherworts

motherworts is the plural of motherwort.

Meaning of motherwort

Noun

motherwort (plural motherworts)

  1. Any of several perennial plants of the genus Leonurus, especially Leonurus cardiaca, used in traditional medicine to help with childbirth or treat uterine disorders.
    • Besides, it makes women joyful and mothers of children and settles their wombs as they should be; therefore we call it Motherwort.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 195
  2. common wormwood, mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris).

Questions about motherworts

What is motherworts the plural of?
Motherworts is the plural of motherwort.

Words near motherworts in the dictionary

  1. Motherwell rules
  2. motherwise
  3. motherworld
  4. motherworlds
  5. motherwort
  6. motherworts
  7. mothery
  8. mothicide
  9. mothicides
  10. mothier
  11. mothiest

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