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sulphurwort

sulphurwort noun: hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale).

sulphurwort: hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale)
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Noun

sulphurwort (uncountable)

  1. Hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale)

Origin of sulphurwort

From sulphur + wort.

Questions about sulphurwort

What does sulphurwort mean?
Sulphurwort means hog fennel (Peucedanum officinale).
What part of speech is sulphurwort?
Sulphurwort is a noun.

Words near sulphurwort in the dictionary

  1. sulphurs
  2. sulphursome
  3. sulphurtransferase
  4. sulphurtransferases
  5. sulphurweed
  6. sulphurwort
  7. sulphurworts
  8. sulphury
  9. sulphuryl
  10. sulphurylase
  11. sulphurylases

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