stonewortn.
/ˈstəʊnwəːt/, U.S. /ˈstoʊnwərt/, /ˈstoʊnˌwɔrt/ Name for several different plants.† 1. The fern Asplenium Ceterach, also called stone fern (stone n. Compounds 2c). Obsolete.
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maidenhairc1300
finger fern1548
scale-fern1548
stone-rue1548
wall rue1548
tentwort?1550
ceterach1551
stone-fern1552
English maidenhair1562
male fern1562
miltwaste1578
spleenwort1578
stonewort1585
white maidenhair1597
milt-wort1611
mule's fern1633
rusty-back1776
maidenhair spleenwort1837
sea-spleenwort1850
sea-fern1855
scaly spleenwort1859
black adiantum1866
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 135/1 Scolopendrium, calcifraga,..fingerferne: ceterach or stonewoort.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. (Herbs) Fingerferne, or stone-wort, steen-varen.
2. With defining words, applied to species of Sison and other umbelliferous plants. (Cf. stone-parsley n.)
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stone-parsley1548
black parsley1562
rock parsley1597
mountain stone parsley1719
stonewort1796
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 300 Sison Amomum... Bastard Stone Parlsey. Hedge Stonewort.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 300 [S.]segetum... Corn Parsley, or Stonewort.
1799 J. Hull Brit. Flora i. 62 Sison inundatum... Water Stonewort.
1799 J. Hull Brit. Flora i. 62 Sison verticillatum,..Verticillate Stonewort.
1865 J. T. B. Syme Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 3) IV. 107 Sison Amomum... Hedge Stonewort.
1865 J. T. B. Syme Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 3) IV. 108 Trinia vulgaris... Glabrous Stonewort.
3. A book-name for the genus Chara, from the calcareous deposits on the stem; also extended to the N.O. Characeæ.
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chara1753
feather-beds1807
stonewort1816
charophyte1920
1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal I. 285 Chara Tomentosa; Brittle Chara, or Stonewort.
1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal I. 285 Chara Vulgaris; Common or Stinking Chara, or Stonewort.
1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal I. 285 Chara Flexilis; Smooth Chara, or Stonewort.
1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 535 Stone-worts (Characeæ).
1875 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. 42 Stoneworts (Chara and Nitella).
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