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nipplewort|ˈnɪp(ə)lwɜːt|
[f. nipple n.]
1. A common wayside annual (Lapsana communis) of the family Cichoraceæ.
1640Parkinson Theat. Bot. 811 It is good to heale the Vlcers of the nipples of womens breasts, and thereupon I have entituled it Nipplewort in English. 1666Merrett Pinax 69 Lampsana, Dock-cresses.., ordinary Niple-wort. 1711Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 381 Having..small yellow Flowers like Nipplewort. 1796Withering Brit. Pl. (ed. 3) III. 693 Common Nipplewort,..Hedges, shady places, and on rubbish. 1863M. Plues Rambles Wild Fl. 164 The common Nipplewort..bears its small yellow flowers in panicles.
2. dwarf nipplewort, the plant Arnoseris pusilla, sometimes placed in the genus Lapsana.
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