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starchwort

starchwort noun: the plant cuckoopint, the tubers of which were once used to make starch.

Noun

starchwort (plural starchworts)

  1. The plant cuckoopint, the tubers of which were once used to make starch

Forms of starchwort

pluralstarchworts

Origin of starchwort

From starch + wort (“herb; plant”).

Questions about starchwort

What does starchwort mean?
Starchwort means the plant cuckoopint, the tubers of which were once used to make starch.
What part of speech is starchwort?
Starchwort is a noun.
What is the plural of starchwort?
The plural of starchwort is starchworts.

Words near starchwort in the dictionary

  1. starchmen
  2. starchness
  3. starchroot
  4. starchroots
  5. starchworks
  6. starchwort
  7. starchworts
  8. starchy
  9. Starck
  10. Starcks
  11. starcraft

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