Moonwort

4 definitions found

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

  Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF.
     honest['e], onest['e] (cf. F. honn[^e]tet['e]), L. honestas.
     See {Honest}, a.]
     1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness;
        decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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              She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness
        and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.;
        integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or
        guile.
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              That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
              godliness and honesty.                --1 Tim. ii.
                                                    2.
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     3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer.
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              To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's
              wife.                                 --Shak.
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     4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs
        having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of
        which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also
        {lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common
        honesty; {Lunaria rediva} is perennial honesty.
  
     Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness;
          faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor;
          plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lunaria \Lunaria\ prop. n.
     A small genus of European herbs of the mustard family,
     including the herb {honesty} ({Lunaria annua}), which is also
     called {moonwort} and {lunary}.
  
     Syn: genus {Lunaria}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moonwort \Moon"wort`\ (m[=oo]n"w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.)
        (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See {Honesty}.
        (b) Any fern of the genus {Botrychium}, esp. {Botrychium
            Lunaria}; -- so named from the crescent-shaped
            segments of its frond.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moonwort
       n : of America and Eurasia and Australia [syn: {common moonwort},
            {Botrychium lunaria}]