fig-wortn.
/ˈfɪɡwəːt/, U.S. /ˈfɪɡˌwərt/, /ˈfɪɡˌwɔrt/ The name of certain plants reputed to cure the ‘fig’.
a. The pilewort ( Ranunculus Ficaria).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > allied flowers
githa1382
nigellaa1398
gollana1400
pilewort?a1425
gold-knop1538
fig-wort1548
lucken gowan1548
melanthion1559
gold crap1571
bachelor's buttons1578
celandine1578
gold cup1578
Goldilocks1578
nigel1578
nigelweed1578
troll flower1578
peppergrass1587
golden cup1589
globe crowfoot1597
globeflower1597
winter aconite1597
kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise1664
devil-in-a-bush1722
globe ranunculus1731
turban1760
love-in-a-mist1787
love-in-a-puzzle1824
fair-grass1825
water buttercup1831
golden knobs1835
ficary1848
New Year's gift1856
bishop wort1863
fennel-flower1863
golden ball1875
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. D.v The second kynde called in latine Chelidonium minus, is called in englishe Fygwurte.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xx. 31 The lesser [celandyne] is called..in English Pyleworte or Figworte.
b. The genus Scrophularia, esp. S. aquatica and S. nodosa.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > figwort and allies
brownwortc1000
scrophularyc1400
water betonyc1400
bishop-leaves1597
fig-wort1597
kernel-wort1597
pilewort1640
scrophularia1663
water figwort1670
rose noble1808
snake's head1834
salpiglossid1846
salt-rheum weed1846
Cornish money-wort1848
turtle-head1857
scrophulariad1866
fiddlewood1878–86
stinking Christopher1878
stinkwort1890
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for scrofula > plant-derived
fig-wort1597
iodipin1899
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 579 There is another Fig woort called Scrophularia Indica.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §5. 105 Figwort, an Herb [Scrophularia].
1758 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 507 Matfellon and figwort flourish here remarkably.
1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 7 The figwort with its brown bead-like blossoms.
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