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wormgrass

wormgrass noun: spigelia marilandica, the pinkroot.

Noun

wormgrass (usually uncountable, plural wormgrasses)

  1. (usually) Spigelia marilandica, the pinkroot.
    Synonyms:
    Indian pink, wormroot

Synonyms of wormgrass

Forms of wormgrass

pluralwormgrasses

Origin of wormgrass

From worm + grass, from its use as an anthelminthic.

Questions about wormgrass

What does wormgrass mean?
Wormgrass means spigelia marilandica, the pinkroot.
What part of speech is wormgrass?
Wormgrass is a noun.
What is the plural of wormgrass?
The plural of wormgrass is wormgrasses.

Words near wormgrass in the dictionary

  1. wormfood
  2. wormfowl
  3. wormfowls
  4. wormgear
  5. wormgears
  6. wormgrass
  7. wormgrasses
  8. Wormhill
  9. wormhole
  10. wormholed
  11. wormholes

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