† lingwortn.
Obsolete.
White Hellebore ( Veratrum album).
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1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Elleborvm albvm Lyngwort.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xxiv. 347 This kind of Hellebor is called..in English White Hellebor, Neseworte, and Ling~wort.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 516 Mingle them together with ling-worte and pepper.
1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. x. 68 The Hearbs are as followeth. The Nettle,..Lingwort, Onions, Scammony [etc.].
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