sealwort

Noun

sealwort (countable and uncountable, plural sealworts)

1. Synonym of Solomon's seal.
   • The main reason for their longevity was digging up sealwort (Polygonatum sibiricum), the rhizome of Chinese atractylodes and the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephala) for use as food.1990, Zhengcai Liu, The mystery of longevity, →ISBN, page 160
   • Also, the smaller-sized sealwort, Polygonatum falatum, in contrast with the etororatkip (Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum) of the same genus, is called pon-etororatkip.2001, Takako Yamada, The World View of the Ainu, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   Solomon's seal

2. A variety of pearlwort, Sagina procumbens
   • These days most of the relics are fabricated deceitfully, [such as those made from] a hollowed-out rock, the fruit of a sealwort, a fish eye, or remains fashioned by Nepalese, and must be analyzed by scholars.2013, Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Matthew T. Kapstein, Gray Tuttle, Sources of Tibetan Tradition, →ISBN, page 464