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crosswort|ˈkrɒswɜːt, ˈkrɔːs-|
[cross- 3 + wort.]
1. A name of various plants having leaves arranged in the form of a cross, or whorl of four; esp. Galium cruciatum (also crosswort bedstraw); also of the non-British plants Vaillantia cruciata, Eupatorium perfoliatum, and the genus Crucianella. crosswort gentian, Gentiana cruciata.
1578Lyte Dodoens iv. lxxvii. 541 Croswort is a pale greene herbe, drawing nere to a yellow Popingay colour..The leaues be..smal..alwayes foure growing togither..in fashion lyke to a Crosse at euery ioynt. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. c. §3. 352 Crossewoort Gentian. 1756Watson in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 853 Crosswort or Mugweed. 1866Treas. Bot. 352 Crucianella, a genus of herbaceous plants, called Crosswort and Petty Madder.
2. pl. A book-name for the family Cruciferæ (plants with cruciform flowers).
1861Mrs. Lankester Wild Flowers 29 [A] very extensive and useful family of plants—Cruciferæ or Crossworts. 1884Miller Plant-n., Cross-wort, any cruciferous plant. |