Yellowwort

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

  Yellowwort \Yel"low*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous ({Chlora
     perfoliata}). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is
     sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.
     [1913 Webster]