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sealworts

sealworts is the plural of sealwort.

Meaning of 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
    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

Questions about sealworts

What is sealworts the plural of?
Sealworts is the plural of sealwort.

Words near sealworts in the dictionary

  1. sealskins
  2. sealubber
  3. sealubbers
  4. sealwax
  5. sealwort
  6. sealworts
  7. sealy
  8. Sealyham
  9. Sealyham terrier
  10. Sealyham terriers
  11. Sealyhams

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