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birthwort Bot.|ˈbɜːθwɜːt|
[f. birth n.1 + wort.]
The genus of shrubs Aristolochia.
[1548Turner Names Herbes (1881) 15 Astrolochia or round hertworte.] 1551― Herbal (1568) 43 Aristolochia rotunda..may be called in Englyshe..round byrthwurte: because it helpeth wymen to brynge furth theyr byrth. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 44 The long Birthwort is a Root like a Radish. 1861Delamer Fl. Gard. 110 Birthwort—Aristolochia. |