Wartwort

2 definitions found

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

  Wartwort \Wart"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A name given to several plants because they were thought to
     be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia
     Helioscopia}), and the nipplewort ({Lampsana communis}).
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wartwort
       n : not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the
           sun [syn: {sun spurge}, {wartweed}, {devil's milk}, {Euphorbia
           helioscopia}]