Saw-wort

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saw-wort \Saw"-wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     Any plant of the composite genus {Serratula}; -- so named
     from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sawwort
       n : European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye
           [syn: {Serratula tinctoria}]