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barrenwort Herb.|ˈbærənwɜːt|
[f. barren a. + wort.]
English name of the genus Epimedium, esp. of Epimedium alpinum (family Berberidaceæ), a low plant, with creeping rhizomes and long-stalked tri-ternate leaves.
1597Gerard Herbal cxxiii. 389, I have thought good to call it Barren woort in English..bicause..being drunke it is an enimie to conception. 1769Sir J. Hill Fam. Herbal (1789) 78 Barren-wort..grows in woods, and has beautiful purple and yellow flowers. 1882Garden 22 Apr. 284/1 When well grown these Barrenworts are very fine plants. |