Motherwort

4 definitions found

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

  Lion's tail \Li"on's tail`\ (l[imac]"[u^]nz t[=a]l`) n. (Bot.)
     A genus of labiate plants ({Leonurus}); -- so called from a
     fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a
     lion's tail. {Leonurus Cardiaca} is the common {motherwort}.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Motherwort \Moth"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) A labiate herb ({Leonurus Cardiaca}), of a bitter taste,
         used popularly in medicine; lion's tail.
     (b) The mugwort. See {Mugwort}.
         [1913 Webster]

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

  Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. {Midge}.] (Bot.)
     A somewhat aromatic composite weed ({Artemisia vulgaris}), at
     one time used medicinally; -- called also {motherwort}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  motherwort
       n : bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins
           having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers
           [syn: {Leonurus cardiaca}]